Fighting the Four Evils

An excellent and beautifully reflective article by Ravi Zacharias: http://rzim.org/global-blog/a-new-year-with-new-hope/

These articles are excellent exposes of the neo-nazi movement that is arising in the west and their links to euthanasia. That is why the Church must actively oppose and speak out against euthanasia until it is too late. http://shoebat.com/2016/12/26/major-political-organizations-are-working-to-get-governments-to-slaughter-migrants-in-europe/ http://shoebat.com/2016/12/26/study-shows-that-thirty-eight-percent-of-american-evangelicals-support-assisted-suicide/

Democracy means 'people rule'. It is about what man wants, which is diametrically opposed to what God wants. The rule of God and the rule of man can never be reconciled as, that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God (Luke 16:15). So, since democracy, or rather, demon-cracy, is the political system that seeks man's wants, it is an anti-christian worldview. Democracy is not based on Biblical values at all, despite what so many in the modern Western Church think, including many in the evangelical, orthodox, conservative Church in the west. Demon-cracy is the hatred of God's Sovereignty.   Demoncracy says that people rule, which is totally against what Romans 13 says about government being ordained by God. Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. 2  Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall...

Many followers of Christ in the west do not believe that studying the philosophy of false doctrines of the world is important. They think it is simply a colossal waste of time.  But is it really? The Bible warns the follower of Christ not allow the world to influence him or her: I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 3  For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith (Romans 12:1-3). This is because it is all too easy to be influenced by the world. As long as one is not seeking counsel fr...

Many in the modern Church think that economics has nothing to do with ethics or morality. They think that ethics and morality do not apply to economics, or any other area of life they believe is 'secular', and thus should be 'separate' from the sacred. Such is the deception of the 'secular vs sacred' divide from the world which has really deceived the Church, thinking that it has no liberty to speak about ethics and morality about economics, or that such ethics and morality are irrelevant to economics. Economics is a philosophy. It is a set of ideas, a set of doctrines. Every doctrine has a ethic and morality, whether it be good or bad. For example, there is the communist ethic, capitalist ethic, nationalist ethic, or even the liberal ethic. Each ethic has a spirit behind it which gives the ethic its power , just as sin has a power. In fact, it is because of the power of sin that each worldly ethic has a power behind it - an evil, wicked, demonic power. Such w...

Usury is an issue that is so hard to understand. Much of this is because of its spiritual nature - it is by its very nature a spiritual issue. To understand why it is a sin, one must look to the spirit behind it and the spirit in which usury is charged. Usury by its very nature is against giving freely, that which Jesus commanded. In Luke 6:35, Jesus said " But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and  to  the evil ".  Regarding any issue relating to stewardship, finance and economics, one must understand the spiritual nature the practice.  One cannot in any way look at the issue from a mere economic or social perspective, not only because such perspectives are earthly. One must always understand the spirit of such practice to understand the ethics and morality of finance, and economics because such things by themselve...

The spirit of rebellion who works through the doctrine of "rights" feeds on the fleshly desire to be independent from God. Independence from God is to disagree with God with anything He says or does.  It is what satan seduced Adam and Eve into doing - into redefining evil.  The doctrine of "rights" precisely works through this fleshly desire to be independent of God. It establishes a standard by which the acceptability of the welfare of humans is determined by what humans demand, not by God's righteous decrees.  The doctrine of "rights" is a product of the "enlightenment" era which was hostile against the ways of the true Church. It was a backlash against the Church's authority, which is ultimately a wicked rebellion against God. Hatred and rejection of the Church is hatred and rejection of God:  He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me (Matthew 10:40). The Church was seen by the ...

Many Christians attribute the concept of 'human rights', and rights more generally to Biblical doctrine. Some of these Christians argue that Christianity has its own conception of 'rights', to be distinguished from the secular notion of rights. They argue that the Christian idea of rights is that which protects the God-given value of each human being who was created in His image and loved by God.  While this shows some understanding of the individualism and self-centred doctrine of the secular notion of rights, it also shows a misunderstanding of what a "right" is, as well as a confusion between rights and dignity . The Bible does indeed command people to plead the cause of the needy (Isaiah 1:17; Proverbs 31:9). However, this does not in any way equate to any doctrine of "rights". The spirit behind the doctrine of "rights" is of the spirit of rebellion which believes that humans are "sovereign" over all things, and the meas...

The world loves to exalt those who they perceive to fight evil. Unlike what many people think, both unsaved and saved, it is not that this evil world does not care about morality - it does. It does have a sense of right and wrong, however, this is of course, twisted and perverted by the evil, vile desires of the flesh which the world just loves to live by in its unregenerate, carnal mind: For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.  For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God (Romans 8:5-8).  That is of the flesh, will reap things of the flesh, things which are evil, vile, earthly, sensual and demonic: Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also...

Everyone is concerned about justice. However, many use term as some high-sound word as part of vain worldly philosophy. Just as there are two kinds of wisdom, and two kinds of sorrow, there are two kinds of justice: worldly justice and godly. Worldly justice is a kind of justice - it is false, earthly, sensual and demonic. Godly justice is the true kind - it is peaceable, rejoices in truth, impartial and has no hypocrisy.  Worldly justice aims to satisfy human self-interests, that which is of the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and pride of life. It is not concerned with truth, but seeks to blame people who are perceived to be the cause of all social problems in the world for all evils. Such people are blamed for being the perpetrators of the evil when they are victims, and assumed automatically to be perpetrators on the grounds of their so-called "social status". Such people are treated as though evils in the world should be 'rightfully' and 'justly' ...

The world seeks justice but finds no true justice. That is why the unbelievers fight against each other regarding what is right and what is wrong, for all of them are blinded and know not what they do. They are blinded into thinking the battle is between different ideological, political, cultural, social, religious and philosophical groups. Even many true Christians have been deceived into thinking that the battle is between Christianity and Islam, and also between Christianity and secularism. No! Do not be deceived by this lie from the Pit of Hell.  No! Such lie is one that seeks to cause spiritual bondage to the true Church, and to hinder the Church's efforts of evangelism. Whether the person is a muslim, hindu, atheist, buddhist, mormon or of any other religion or philosophy is not the issue. This may seem like a cliche or a trite statement made as part of some 'rant'. However, it is not cliche or trite statement.  Many Christians think that they are under "thre...

Liberalism is of the spirit of witchcraft and rebellion. Witchcraft and rebellion can never be separated from each other.  For rebellion  is as  the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness  is as  iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from  being  king (1 Samuel 15:23). Rebellion and stubbornness are serious sins in the eyes of God. However, even if the Bible did not explicitly state that rebellion and stubbornness are sins, we would all still know that they are sins because all humans know what is right and wrong because God has written His Moral Law on the hearts of every person whether he believes in Him or not (Romans 2:14-15). Rebellion and stubbornness are sins that the world either thinks is justified and righteous, or deserving of all punishment. For the world, this depends on whether one's self-interests are at stake, and how those self-interests are affected as a result of...

Many in the modern church are so uninformed, unaware and naive about what liberalism truly is. Some even claim to be supporters of liberalism in certain cases, for example regarding economics, thinking that "liberal"' economics (if such a distinction in economics is even needed) is more generous and caring towards the poor.  Some Christians even think that liberalism can be somewhat compatible with Christianity when liberalism is applied in  a certain way. This misses the real point of what the real issue is.  The real issue is the spirit of liberalism that works through people, feeding on the carnal desires and the flesh of the masses, and seeking to enforce this ethic onto all individuals. The spirit of liberalism manifests himself is all kinds of way, including in the church. He does not just manifest himself in churches that seek to "interpret" the Bible is any way they choose, or in a way that they think is more benevolent, or kind. He does not just manif...