By: Dale Weckbacher
2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given
us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
NKJV
Fear does not come from God but is a powerful tool used by
Satan to paralyze the people of God, making them ineffective in their calling
to spread the Gospel and stand courageously for godly values. It was fear that caused Gibeon to thresh his
wheat in the winepress in order to hide it from the Midianites prompting God to
send an angel to remind him the Lord was with him (Judges 6:11-12). Fear caused Peter to deny Jesus in his time
of greatest need (Matthew 26:69-75).
Jesus even prophesized that in the last days, men’s hearts would fail
them with fear of what they see coming on the earth (Luke 21:26).
Faith, however, is the opposite of fear. Once Gibeon
heard from the angel that the Lord was with him, he was able to defeat the
Midianites with a small army of 300 men (Judges 7:1-25, Judges 8:1-21). It was faith in the mercy of God that
prompted Peter to seek forgiveness for his denial of Jesus instead of hanging
himself as Judas did (Matthew 26:25, Matthew 27:3-5). It is faith in God that will dispel fear of
the future in our world today for God’s Word reminds us that in the end, our God
reigns.
The crafters of the U.S. Constitution envisioned a
government with power separated between three co-equal branches of
government. They believed this was the
best way of dispelling their fear of the United States becoming a tyrannical
monarchy like the one they fought with to gain their independence. Unfortunately, in spite of their
Constitutional restraints on power, we are beginning to see a blurring of
Constitutional separation of powers and are seeing the United States
slide down the slippery slope to tyranny.
Political correctness has contributed to this slide towards
tyranny for because of political correctness we are seeing.
1) Cowardly
leadership in the legislative and judicial branches of government out of fear
of being branded a racist because they disagree with the policies of Barak
Obama. These cowards talk tough on the
campaign trail, promising to rescind the failed policies of liberals and
progressives but when it comes to taking action once in office, they cower in
the corner when called racist.
2) Cowardly
leadership in the House of Representatives, the branch of government that
controls spending, refusing to defund Obamacare, Obama’s unconstitutional
amnesty, and the use of taxpayer money to fund the butchery on unborn babies at
Planned Parenthood. They fear being
accused of shutting the government down because of the almost certain veto of
any spending bill not funding these items.
This totally ignores the fact that by passing a spending bill, the
legislature is funding the government keeping it open and it would be Obama’s
veto that would shut down the government.
3) Churches
compromising on the truths of God’s Word on marriage by ordaining gay pastors
and bishops instead of standing strong on the truths of God’s Word. Leadership in these churches most likely
believes that softening their stance on these issues will make them appear more
open and cause more people to come to their churches. However, the numbers indicate that the only
church denominations not shrinking in membership are those uncompromisingly
standing upon the truths of God’s Word. (1) (2)
Government leaders and church leaders succumbing to political
correctness are in essence, giving in to fear which, as we know from 2 Timothy1:7 does not originate from God. People
are yearning for fearless and courageous government and church leaders. This explains the surging of outsider or
insurgent candidates for President of the United States as people see these
candidates as leaders not enslaved by fear of not being politically
correct. As far back as 2011, Dr. David
Hill, writing in The Hill observed the desire of voters to vote for “the
opposite of what has most recently failed them.” (3) It appears that in this election cycle voters
are seeing what they desire in the insurgent candidates of Donald Trump, Dr.
Ben Carson, and Carly Fiorina. We can
even include Senator Ted Cruz in this group due to his courage in going against
the establishment in the Senate and his own political party.
Church members are also tired of religious leaders more
interested in compromise in order to increase membership and prevent themselves
from being viewed as closed-minded. Instead,
those of us who have accepted Jesus as our Savior are hungry to hear and learn
from the Word of God. If that makes us
closed minded, so be it for the desire of those following Jesus Christ is to
have our minds transformed by the Word of God and not conformity to this worlds
system (Romans 12:2). There is no room
in this transformational process for fear of not being politically
correct.
Let us not give in to the godless fear of not being
politically correct and instead put on the whole armor of God (Ephesians6:10-20) to do spiritual battle in these times.
A lost and dying world is seeking men and women of faith who will not
succumb to fear. Will you join me in
being one of these men and women of faith?
1. Pew Research
Center America ’s
Changing Religious Landscape. www.pewforum.org. [Online] Pew Research
Center
2. Limbaugh, Rush.
Pew Poll on Religion Shows the Power Christians Could Still Have in This
Country -- If They Used It . www.rushlimbaugh.com. [Online] EIB Network,
May 12, 2015. [Cited: May 17, 2015.]
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2015/05/12/pew_poll_on_religion_shows_the_power_christians_could_still_have_in_this_country_if_they_used_it.
3. Hill, Dr. David.
Door is Open for Insurgent Candidates. www.thehill.com. [Online] The Hill,
December 14, 2011. [Cited: October 9, 2015.]
http://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/david-hill/199231-door-is-open-for-insurgent-candidates.
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