DISTRACTIONS
Written by on October 3, 2023
CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 4, 2023
WHAT IS THE FIRST THING WE LEARN ABOUT THE GREAT ADVERSARY OF CHRISTIANS? IT IS THAT SATAN IS SUBTLE, OR CRAFTY. WE LEARN THAT HE IS EVIL AFTER THAT.
SO HOW WOULD YOU EXPECT A SUBTLE OR CRAFTY ADVERSARY TO BEHAVE IN OUR MODERN WORLD? MY ANSWER IS HE WOULD TRY TO DISTRACT US FROM WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
THAT WOULD INCLUDE FOCUSING ON TRIVIAL THINGS, NOT THE KINGDOM OF GOD. THESE WOULD INCLUDE WORSHIPPING CELEBRITY – THINK OF TAYLOR SWIFT, MEGHAN MARKLE, THE KARDASHIANS.
EVEN MORE SUBTLE AND CRAFTY WOULD BE GETTING US TO FOCUS MOSTLY ON POLITICS. POLITICS WILL NOT SOLVE OUR MAIN PROBLEM, WHICH IS A BROKEN RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. IF POLITICS COULD SOLVE OUR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS IT WOULD HAVE DONE SO BY NOW.
ALL OF THIS IS CHASING AFTER WIND, AS SOLOMON CORRECTLY WROTE IN ECCLESIASTES.
WHAT IS YOUR FOCUS? I’M NOT SAYING LEADERSHIP IS UNIMPORTANT, BUT WE GET THE LEADERSHIP WE DESERVE AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN WASHINGTON, IT IS AN INDICTMENT ON US. WE ELECT THESE PEOPLE. THE FAULT IS OURS. REMEMBER WHAT JESUS SAID: “MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD.” I’M CAL THOMAS.
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