Recently, I saw a tweet on Twitter (now X) of a rather hysterical, angry evangelical Christian woman....triggered would be a good word, as the younger generation might say! Triggered by truth, I would further add! I was interested in hearing the video since her mindset is not uncommon among evangelicals today! (The video referred to on Twitter is for non-commerical, critical purposes and is therefore used under the Fair Use Rules of the US Copyright Law).
In her 2 1/2 minute video, she started by saying she was using the video as a way of "going to a brother with whom you have an issue or a disagreement", apparently per Matthew 18:15 (but this was actually dishonest since the passage was about going to "a sinning brother" but she wouldn't come out initially and say that. Anyway, voting for Trump is no sin but the righteous choice or definitely was the lesser of two evils in the 2024 election).
She then laid out her Christian "credentials" STOP: "I was raised in a very conservative evangelical home in a red county and a red state and I still live in a red county and a red state I've also r aised to know Chirst and I have followed Christ since I was 5 years old I have read the Bible from cover to rcover I have taught Sunday school and bible studty and probably can quote as nuch scripitre as anyone out there, and I am telling you if I didnt know Jesus and I saw the Republican Party of today..." and her rambling persisted ......
BUT FIRST, let me comment, So what???? So what, if you taught Bible study and can quote scripture???? So what!!!! The Pharisees of Jesus' day likely could quote more verses than this woman and there was not a New Testament then! The issue is, can she discern the truth per Hebrews 5:14,"But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, THOSE WHO BY REASON OF USE HAVE THEIR SENSES EXERCISED TO DISCERN BOTH GOOD AND EVIL." This woman fails this test, which I judge per I COrinth. 2:15. And, she should know Hebrews 5:14, Hebrews 4:12 and II TImothy 2:15, as well as I TImothy 2:11.this! I would submit her uppity attitude illustrates the witchcraft of rebellion noted in I Samuel 15:23, so common among American Christians today! Why did we not hear such questions during the utterly antichrist, corrupt, deceitful BIden regime or Obama regime? Perhaps, because such evangelicals like this woman just dutifully kept silent since they didn't want to offend their rebellious, wicked children, niece, aunt, uncle, friend, or liberal fellow church member. Now, Trump is doing what is right and just on many fronts, which rankles the antichrist wicked and rebels, so this woman feels the need to appease her wicked family and friends!
And, now back to her painful diatribe of witchcraft rebellion and stubborn idolatry.............."...and I was told that this is an example of what Christians are, I would run as far and as fast the other direction..." (That statement reflects that she identifies strongly with the unrepentant wicked instead of Jesus CHrist and the truth!) She went on to say that what the Republican Party is showing is "greed and power over generosity and kindness...selfishness over selflessness...it is oppressing the poor and the immigrant over helping the poor and the immigrant...the things that you are showing do not accurately reflect Christ..and brother or sister I'm gonna tell you, you need to choose right now either identify yourself as a MAGA or identify yourself as a follower of Christ but the two do not go together...and because of what you are doing you are harming the kingdom...you are pushing people away from the Jesus we are supposed to reflect...there is nothing scriptural, nothing scriptural about the policies that MAGA is pushing..in fact it is just the opposite..we know, if you know Jesus this would be the time in the Bible He would be flippin' tables...and i am coming to you as a brotehr or sister in Christ to say 'you gotta re-assess"...because you are pushing people away from Jesus...we are supposed to be salty and bright...we are supposed to be the light on the hill and what we are projecting is completely un-Christ-like."
UTTER NONSENSE! She is indicative of the rebel Christianity found in so many circles today, appeasing the wicked and condemning the righteous! Proverbs 18:5 is relevant here and notes, "It is not good to show partiality to the wicked (the rebellious world, malicious Trump haters, transgender freaks, entitled pagan illegal aliens, etc), Jew-hating Muslims, climate change zealots, earth-worshipping American Indians, and pagans from immigrants around the world) or to overthrow the righteous in judgment."
This woman should observe I Timothy 2:11 and "..learn in silence with all submission." I Tim. 2:14 adds, "And Adam was not deceived, but THE WOMAN BEING DECEIVED, FELL INTO TRANSGRESSION." So, if these verses turn away or push away rebels, whether professing to be Christian or not, so be it!
Because, Jesus Christ is our example and he often rebuked people...the wicked from scribes and Pharisees (Matthew 23), to Saduccees (Matthew 22:23-33), to the city of Jerusalem (Matthew 23:37-39), to the generation alive when He preached (Matthew 11:16-19), to His mother (John 2:4 and Mark 3:31-35) to the full crowd He spoke to (Matthew 13:10-15 ), to future false brethren (Matthew 7:21-23), to the many who choose destruction (Matthew 7:13-14) to Peter (Matthew 26:34), to Judas Iscariot (Matthew 26:23-24), to the "Greek, Syro-Phoenician by birth woman" who Jesus referred to as a "...little dogs" (Mark 7:27-28), HIs disciples, Pilate (the one who had authority over His life). Pretty much the whole gamibt, not just the religious leaders of His day!!!
Heaven is an exclusive club as Jesus Christ described it. But the test of entry is not drinking beer under a keg tap like in a Fraternity Hell Week or learning said fraternity poem or statement.....no, it is humility, it is repentance of sin...it is looking at your own sin and acknowledging it and then acknowledging your need for a Savior. Jesus Christ routinely tested people, to see if they were worthy of Him, as HE did with the Greek, Syro-Phoenicican woman or with His disciples when many left him early on, he didn't get hysterical, "OH, NO, I AM PUSHING REBELS AWAY." NOPE! He did not!
From experience, this type of woman or person often means, but may not say in so many words, any type of rebuke or confrotnational verse like Leviticus 18:22 for homosexuals, or I John 2:22 when used to refer to liberal Democrats or Muslims or illegal immigrants using Joshua 9 or PRoverbs 11:1. Not "pushing people away" means remaining silent when a young woman mocks her deceased grandmother for reading from the Bible daily or not telling a ROman Catholic that their Marty devotion is idolatry! From my days as a Young Life volunteer with high school kids, I like to call it "Pizza Party Christiantiy", meaning often having to beg and plead with high school rebels to come to a weekly CLub meeting on a week night to have wacky and fun games and food along with a short message about Jesus. Or, persuading kids to go to a Castaway Club week-long camp described by the area Director as "the best week of your life". Castaway featured non-stop activities from water skiing, to para-sailing, to huge hot tubs, snak bars, frisbee golf, indoor games like pool and ping pong, etc, etc, and food that was awesome....along with short talks on Jesus and the Gospel two or three times a day with a Cabin time before bed time reflecting on what the kids heard....their sin, God loves them and their need to make a choice for CHrist. Honestly, I spent time with ROman Catholic kids attending a Catholic high school to public school kids who were unchurched or attending a large, pentecostal mega-church...........On top of that, we as leaders were encouraged to have Contact time with kids playing racquetball, basketball, etc..................THIS IS PIZZA PARTY CHRISTIANITY! Bending over backwards to "earn the right to be heard" as Young Life put it. As if, the GOspel was a disease and not Good News was almost the way it came across, I reflected, after a few years as a leader. After all this, these kids and I knew a lot, may have made a decision but I frankly saw little fruit years after, even rebellion!
The deal is........Donald Trump is not our national preacher but our President! And, his policies are righteous like:
*deporting illegal aliens, many of them entitled Mexicans who feel they have a right to be here
*Pushing back on the transgender freaks who expect everyone to share in their delusion that they are not the sex that they actually are
*to foreign nations that are able to sell here without tariffs but have massive barreirs to entry of their own
*to cuts in federal spending, that is frankly not near enough, to propaganda outlets like PBS and foreign aid, which apparently some misguided evangelicals think the US government is biblically mandated to support
*to exposing the massive corruption, cover-ups and abuses of power by the Biden and Obama regimes and the HIllary CLinton campaign,
*to calling out NAtional Guard and federal agents to help reduce crime which is wickedly and deceitfulyl cosndiered to be fascist by misgfuided black mayors and liberals.
In summary, Trump is following largely righteous and just policies and if the unrepentant wicked, entitled blacks and illegal aliens, antichrist Muslims, and misguided, rebellious Roman Catholics and evangelicals think he is evil, then I wold refer them to Isaiah 5:20, which notes, "woe to those who consdier eivl good and good evil..."
Indeed, the door of grace is closing as the return of Jesus CHrist draws near! The evangelists of the End TImes in the Great Tribulation, the Two Witnesses, will not be doing "PIZZA PARTY CHRISTIANITY." Revelation 11:5 notes, "And if anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies." When they are killed at the end of their ministry, here is the reaction of the rebellious world (which we are drawing close to), "And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another." Revelation 11:10. This is the type of people that this rebel, foolish, and mouthy evangelical woman is concerned about "pushing away." But they were raised to life and called to heaven, giving them the "last laugh" over the rebels!
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