The Divide

A skillful observation may be one trained by years of following Jesus and trusting His power. 80 years helps.  (As Oran would say, "Maybe".)

A friend who has a wonderful way with words commented on my response on facebook, where I had mentioned that I only see one political party who is supporting riots and lawless demonstrations, 

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by saying that "Observation is a skill. Accusation requires none."

I responded that I had made a skillful observation.  

I have friends on both sides of the divide, and need encouragement from my wife and others to be kind.  But love demands speaking the truth.  

While I was thinking about this, Dr. Alveda King appeared on the news and said that we need God's Power to solve our divide.  I say Amen!

There are good people on both sides of the divide, but none of us is good by our own merit.  The divide is between those who are willing to trust in God through Jesus Christ, and those who want to trust in human solutions.  Those trusting human solutions can be identified by constant references to science and medical experts, as if our trusting our experts is the solution to our dilemma.  

The fear of death has been exploited as a political tool.   As bad as Covid-19 is or may be, it is no reason to stop living our lives.  I am in that class of people, 80 yrs old with heart condition, who will likely die if I am infected with the dread virus.  

But God has blessed me abundantly.  He has sufficiently revealed His presence in the universe, in history, and in the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.  I am blessed to be His child through faith, and look forward to the resurrection and eternal life with Jesus.   How can I fear death?  It is a passing over the Jordan River to the Promised Land. 

And I am blessed to have experienced the joys and blessings, along with the trials, of nuclear family, one man married to one woman for life.  Such a blessing!!   God gives us direction to a blessed life.  He has revealed His wisdom in the Bible, a collection of writings that were guided and protected by God's Power, the Holy Spirit, and whose instruction is able to make us wise unto salvation. 


Godlessness in the Last Days

2 Tim 3:1 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. 6 For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, 7 always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. 9 But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.
All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God
13 while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom[a] you learned it 15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God[b] may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Yes, we need God's Power to solve our divide.  And God's Power does not encourage lawlessness and slander.  The moral character of a person is of concern, but the law demands legal process for accusations, and dumping floods of obvious slander is not helpful.

Dan Rather, the New York Times, and the Washington Post are not tools of God's Power.  This is my skillful observation.  They are serving a lower dominion.  They are serving the power of the human collective, the idea that people can work together by ignoring the rule of law, and demanding mob rule.

You can use your power of skillful observation to see which political party is more supportive of God's Power.  If you need expert help, please contact Dr. Alveda King.