WHEN POLITICS AND RELIGION COLLIDE

WHEN POLITICS AND RELIGION COLLIDE

By Becky Wall

Politics and religion collide when government in theory fires God from his high
position as ruler of our country—"one nation under God"—and the country's Trustee. "In God We Trust" (or, at least, our country used to trust Him). Politics and religion collide when evil is called good and good is called evil, and that's exactly what is happening on a broad scale today. Christians are silenced and singled out while those who serve other gods are welcomed and protected.

Babies are killed before they are born and people accept the brutality because it is legal. When they started killing babies, that's when I personally realized the devil had a stronghold on our country. Who would agree to killing babies otherwise, no matter their age or location?

Then prayer was disallowed in school. Same-gender marriages are allowed. Children are taught deviant sexual practices as normal. Kids are targeted for sex operations to make them transgender. The government is taking more control from parents every day, it seems.

Many state and local governments have become corrupt, and several past Presidents and their administrations have been scrutinized for alleged illegal behavior. Our own state of Illinois has famously seen multiple governors do time in prison for their illegal actions.

Hollywood has been setting society's values for years and we have let it happen, so it's up to us to undo the damage our silence has caused. Hollywood, or the movie business, is currently in crisis mode. I have that from an insider source. Now is the time to break their stronghold.

How long shall Christians remain silent? We often talk about "the silence of the lambs." Fellow Christians, we are those lambs and Christ is our shepherd. But we are supposed to follow Christ's example and rescue those being led to the slaughter, which means we are to change roles for a season.

Look at Proverbs 24:11-12: "Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter. If you say, 'But we knew nothing about this,' does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?"

We are supposed to follow Scripture, meaning God, and teach the Bible to our children. We are supposed to stand up for our rights when we are being persecuted for our beliefs. We Christians are often discriminated against.

Where there are fewer churches, or few strong churches with devoted and knowledgeable people, there is more immorality and more discrimination toward Christians. Rural areas tend to hold out longer, but with time, some succumb to the control of the Father of Lies—Satan. Sadly, many so-called Christians belong to the party that calls evil "progressive." They become accomplices to the evil laws that defy Christianity. They may say they don't agree with those laws, yet they vote for the party that makes those laws part of its platform.

Do your part. God has given each of us distinct tools to break this silence:

• Musicians: Use your gift for the Lord. Don't hold back from singing songs about sin, guilt, and condemnation.
• Preachers: I for one would welcome a good "hell, fire, and damnation" sermon to shake us all up. We desperately need it.
• Writers: If your gift is writing, then put pen to paper and write for the Lord.
• Teachers: If your gift is teaching, don't leave the Lord out of your lesson plans.

Let your toes be stepped on for a change. Our nation needs to be humbled, just as so many nations before us in Bible times and since have had to endure. God has been patient and longsuffering toward us, but how long is His fuse? We may find out sooner than we expect.

• Jeremiah 18:8 — "...and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned."
• Psalm 33:12 — "Blesse­d is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance."
• Leviticus 18:28 — "And if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it vomited out the nations that were before you."
• Deuteronomy 8:20 — "Like the nations the Lord destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying the Lord your God."
• Job 12:23 — "He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them."