What Happened To Truth?

The darkness is so intense in our world that evil runs remnant. Wickedness is out of control. We know by the Word that evil men will grow worse. 2 Tim. 3:10, “But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, 11Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. 12Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 13But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. 14But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;”

God's promise of victory and protection has always been to the obedient. This is a universal principle first received by the Jews and then the Church. In recent years through a gradual process of letting the Truth slip away churches have opened the door for carnal ideals and man made theology. In a calculated effort to assimilate people into their congregations, compromise has been the rule of the day. The result has been growing the numbers of church participation at the cost of loosing God's favor and anointing. Many churches have become powerless and ineffective. Satan has taken advantage of this powerlessness replacing what should have been the anointing of the Holy Ghost with the power of the darkness of this world.

Have you ever thought seriously about why our world is in the condition that it is in? I have asked myself that question many times over the course of the past few months. This is what I believe has happened. In physics we are taught “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” This is referred to as Newton's third law of motion. There is also a principle called the “principle of causation.” It is defined as the operation or relation of a cause and its effect. I want to use Newton's law of motion to evaluate the cause and effect of the world's present crisis. Example: When United States military withdrew from Iraq, that action created a reaction. The withdrawal of the United States military created a vacuum: a situation created when an important person or thing has gone and has not been replaced. The enemy rushed into that void. They increased their offensive thrust and over time their ranks grew and they captured resources which were supposed to be used by the Iraqi military forces. The Iraqi forces ran from the battlefield stripping their uniforms off as they ran and leaving behind the assets that the US. military had left for them to use to defend their country. Consequently, the world is experiencing the escalation and rise of the strongest, largest and most violent force of anti-Christian behavior in this modern age in the form of radical Islam. We call them ISIS but they are simply the most visible. They require our attention because they are so violent. But the spirit of anti-Christ (anti-Christian behavior) has invaded every nation, every state, every city and every community in the world.

Getting back to Newton's “for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.” When Christian churches all over the world began to let the Truth slip away, it created a void, a vacuum. This vacuum was not only created in the churches spiritual structure but also in the lives of individuals. And that void screams out to be filled. Why? Because an important person or thing has gone and has not been replaced. The Person gone is the Holy Spirit and the thing gone is Truth. Satan rushes in to replace Truth and Righteousness with Deception and Sin. Over a period of time Satan has gradually slipped into churches and undermined the power and authority that belongs to the Body of Christ. Just as the Iraqi army fled in the onslaught of ISIS many churches and individuals have given in to the pressures of society and embraced unholy alliances with the forces of darkness in our world. The Iraqi military stripped their uniforms from their body as they ran from the enemy. Their uniforms identified them. They ran from the battlefield leaving behind valuable assets given to them by the U.S. to assist them in defeating that very enemy. (To be continued)