Following Judah's Lion: A Continuing Mockery

Following Judah's Lion: A Continuing Mockery

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

A Continuing Mockery

A CONTINUING MOCKERY

Nationalism and politics seems to be the perfect canvas upon which to paint hatred, lies, and the careless evisceration of one‘s opponents and/or other ethnic and religious groups. Four Americans were senselessly murdered, including the ambassador, in Libya last night. Before the attacks, yes, before the attacks the American embassy in Libya issued a statement condemning hate speech and specifically speech which denigrates another religion. The statement was an obvious attempt to disarm a volatile situation stemming from an American who constructed a video attacking Mohammed. It is reported that among other things the video depicted Mohammed having sexual relations.

Well the statement did not dissuade deceived and misguided people form killing those four Americans. But here is a situation in which we can see the repulsive depths that is regularly visited in the political darkness. Before the families of that fallen were notified, the candidate Mitt Romney pounced upon the statement and once again accused President Obama of apologizing for America. And even after being made aware that the statement in question was given before the vicious attacks, Romney again made his attacks with even more inaccurate verbiage.

Even Sarah Palin, a professing evangelical, made a mockery of this horror quipping that the President cannot see Libya from his house. And here is a post on Facebook from Palin last night. “President Obama likes to “speak softly” to our enemies. If he doesn’t have a “big stick” to carry, maybe it’s time for him to grow one.” And that kind of salacious language comes from a professing believer? Reprehensible and without conscience.

You see, politics on both sides is only after one thing - power. Facts do not matter, courtesy is seen as weakness, and even national tragedies are used and abused for political capital. It is and always has been a disgraceful exhibition of the wretched heart of mankind. But here is where I want to make a point. How can any believing follower of Jesus support such a system? How can you read God’s Word and engage in such a cesspool of unchristian speech? How can we look at and embrace the cross of Christ and yet embrace that which is clearly against that same cross?

I do not know the spiritual condition of those four Americans who lost their lives, but to me they were more than Americans, they were souls. Please, let all who name the name of Christ come out from among the political dunghill and show the redemptive grace in our words and in our lives. Hasn’t this carnal quicksand of politics and nationalism dragged us down far enough?

Eph.5: 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

I have been convinced for some time. Involvement in politics is proving what is NOT acceptable unto the Lord.