For the era will be when they will not tolerate sound teaching, but, their hearing being tickled, they will heap up for themselves teachers in accord with their own desires.
2 Timothy 4: 3, Concordant New Testament
Recently, the beer swilling public of this great nation was thrown a curveball by the brewer Anheuser Busch when they decided to partner with trans gender mouthpiece Dylan Mulvaney. Although they soon found out that the majority of the country did not accept this move, the war on what is right continues. A good friend of mine recently lamented the decision of his favorite Los Angelos Dodgers to host a trans LGBTQ "pride night." As a result, Dodgers hurler Clayton Kershaw helped in bringing a family themed night to Dodger stadium. These two events are just a few of the instances in what has become known as the "Cancel culture" movement in our nation. It seems that none of what we have traditionally known as right and just is safe from this assault. Here in Oregon, voters approved a measure which, in essence, legalized possession quantities illegal narcotics. Walk down the streets of Portland these days and you will likely see many lost in addiction. My current Raising the dead blog series is based upon a few of my experiences with those who are suffering from addiction. What was once known as wrong, is now known as right. It's not as if we weren't warned beforehand that this was coming. The apostle Paul, in his letter to young Timothy, warned that there would come a time when people would no longer embrace sound teachings, but would raise up teachers "In accord with their own desires" {2 Timothy 4:3}. When you look a what has been happening in our nation, you can't help but see the fruition of these words of warning from Paul. From liberal DA's who refuse to prosecute dangerous crimes to the rise of addictions to illegal drugs, at times it seems as if the moral fabric of our nation is being ripped apart. By design. For this has been the goal of those on the left side of the political system for some time.
Be not loving the world, neither that which is in the world. If ever anyone is loving the world, the love of the Father is not in him, for everything that is in the world, the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of living, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world is passing by, and its desire, yet he who is doing the will of God is remaining for the eon.
1 John 2: 15-17, Concordant New Testament
The scriptures have warned us time and again that friendship with the world around us goes against what God desires for us {1 Corinthians 15:33, 1 Timothy 6:10}. So, why wouldn't God simply take these bad things away from us? Well, the Father has created us in His image with the ability to make choices on our own. Adam and Eve made a choice in the garden which affected all humanity for generations. King David chose to seek out Bathsheba. Our lives will be filled with choices, right and wrong. The symphony playing from the mainstream media that normalizes what we have known to be wrong presents us with yet another opportunity to choose. Don't get it twisted, if you know something is wrong, then it hasn't changed no matter what the media tells you. There are those who abhor all which we know and believe in as Christians. They fight day and night to instill a new reality upon us. I am not naive enough to believe in someone who tells me that the grass is blue, I know better. Yet those teachers whom people have heaped up for themselves will tell you that what was once known as right is now wrong. Likewise, you will be told that what you have known to be wrong is now right and acceptable. This IS NOT direction coming from the Father. It is the false narrative born out of the desires of those who have not known the Lord.
Now we may not be despondent in ideal doing, for in due season we shall be reaping, if we do not faint.
Galatians 6: 9, Concordant New Testament
~Scott~
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