Dec 7, 2020
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Star Trek episode "TNG Chain of Command
Part 2"
Captain Picard is captured by the Cardasians and tortured
physically and pyschologically. To break him the torturer
tells Picard there are 5 lights in front of him even though
there are 4 lights and he continually presses him to admit there
are 5 lights. Picard refuses to give in despite promises of a
life of ease for him if he would just admit there are 5
lights. In the end the Captain is released and he yells out
"there are 4 lights!". I'll include a link to this scene in
the show notes.
People talk all the time about how bad, surreal and bizarre
2020 is. While I agree with those sentiments, I see this year
as an extreme and somewhat predictable continuation of a pattern
that's been going on for a long time which includes a coming out of
lies, darkness and evil.
While I've talked several times about how I should not make
politics an idol and get too caught up in what's going on in
politics, I feel the need to speak out about the issue of truth as
it relates to the election and several other issues.
I was actually planning on talking about something else with
this Selah episode. I had a number of messages come to me the
last couple weeks related to the importance of focusing on what's
most important in every part of our lives. I think what
pushed me to speak about truth vs lies instead was an email I
received from Axis Ministries, something they call the Cultural
Insider.
In their email they criticized Eric Metaxas for stressing the
need to investigate the election fraud and claiming that Trump won
the election by a landslide. They cited a reason for this
that AG Bill Barr said he hadn't seen evidence of fraud that would
have changed the election. I read most of the emails I get
from Axis because they provide good info for parents on the culture
our kids are facing, but I believe they don't know what they are
talking about when it comes to these elections, and citing a
comment from an AG who doesn't seem interested in even
investigating the election fraud is a weak argument at best.
While God is in control, I believe we as Christians should
stand up for truth and stand against lies. As Christians, we
all hope that we will stand up for Christ if ever challenged.
We picture us facing a moment like Peter faced when asked if he was
with Jesus. I don't know if you or I will ever face
such a clear test as Peter did, but I do know that we all are
facing huge issues daily that have 2 opposing views that cannot
both be correct. At a rapidly increasing rate I see more and
more in our culture including those who identify as Christian
accepting things as true that defy logic and facts and/or that go
against clear teachings in the Bible. If we don't speak
against lies about things like the election, Covid-19, abortion,
LGBT and many other issues, why would we think we will stand firmly
when challenged about our faith in Christ. Not only are there
lies being told more often and more boldly than ever before,
there's been a shocking increase in censorship of free speech on
social media and elsewhere.
I just want to make a few quick reflecting my opinions on
several issues and offer some recommended reliable sources for more
info, or at least sources that provide a viewpoint and information
not available in the majority of information sources these
days.
The 2020 Election
I believe there is a lot of evidence of fraud, more than
enough to re-elect Donald Trump but more importantly the fraud is
so significant that if it's not corrected in this election we will
not have another free and fair election
Sources to check out
Covid-19
I believe Covid-19 is a real disease but I believe it was
created and used to overthrow Donald Trump, destroy our economy,
and condition us to give up our constitutional rights in
preparation for something much worse that's coming. I believe
that most of the reaction to this Pandemic by the media and
governments doesn't make sense medically and certainly not
economically. John Hopkins came out with a report that
basically said there has been no change in overall deaths between
2019 and 2020 and that there has been no increase in deaths among
the elderly between 2019 and 2020. The use of masks and
isolating the entire healthy population instead of isolating the
sick and most vulnerable was never recommended by health officials
as a way to effectively deal with a virus before Covid-19.
From what I can tell including my direct experience with family and
friends, most people who get tested positive for Covid-19 have no
systems. This makes no sense to me and yet everyone just
accepts this as normal. While the death rate earlier in the
pandemic was relatively low and in line with the common flu, deaths
have decreased and the current panic and justification for renewed
lockdowns is based on rising positive case rates and I believe
these numbers are filled with false positives. The original
pitch was that we needed to take 2 weeks to flatten the curve so
that hospitals would not be over-run and here we are 9 months
later.
It's hard to recommend specific sources for truth on Covid
since the censorship on this topic is so high, but here are a
few:
LGBT issues
Abortion
There are many lies being told today, with greater frequency
and severity than ever before,
One positive note is that I believe more than ever it's
becoming more clear the distinction between truth and lies.
You could say that factors like Donald Trump and Covid-19 are
revealing lies like dross being revealed in silver under
extreme heat.
Jesus said that the truth of parables would not be recognized
by unbelievers. Yet today, I'm seeing more and more
differences in how Christians see truth on important issues of our
day. So who is right, and will those who are being deceived
be open to greater and greater deception in the future.? I'll
leave this with those questions to ponder.
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Eric Metaxas for standing up for truth even when attacked by
other Christians
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Jeremiah 23:24 NIV
"Who can
hide in secret places
so that I cannot see them?”
declares the Lord.
“Do not I fill heaven and earth?”
declares the Lord."
so that I cannot see them?”
declares the Lord.
“Do not I fill heaven and earth?”
declares the Lord."
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Another
reason to pause before sending your email - if you intend to reply
to an email which was sent to more than one person, wait to see if
others reply first. This will allow you to consider their
reply in your reply, and it may result in you not needing to reply
at all