For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain. But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict. For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive, but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts. For we never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed"God is witness. Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, though we could have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us. For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers. For you know how, like a father with his children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory. - 1Thessalinians 2:1-12 (ESV)
God gives us instruction throughout the bible for a reason. He does not waste a single word. In this new world of "alternative facts," God is the embodiment of truth and as followers of Christ, we should not be caught defending lies and ruining our witness for Christ by supporting any evil. The bible makes it very plain that we are not to take part in any of the works of darkness. At the top of that list is carnal politics, which has infected the church today like a metastasizing cancer. A great swath of the apostate church pastors today have created an entire brand out of the NAR dominionist position. As the bible says, these people are enemies of God. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is their shame. They teach people that the evil men they support are God's chosen, for a time such as this. Except they are not. Sure, God raises up and uses all leaders but that does not make any of them righteous. The issue is not that you support any given candidate or party. The issue is when you defend them vociferously and pretend that they are anointed of God. The church today actively supports and defends a convicted rapist. A man who has 34 other felony convictions. A man who has six bankruptcies. A man who cheated on his first wife with his second wife and his third wife with a porn star. A man who openly bragged about grabbing women by the genitals because he was famous. Yet the NAR has convinced the church to claim he is the second coming of King Cyrus. Or King Jehu. That he has an Elijah mantle and a Deborah anointing. Then we wonder why 40 million people have left the church in the past 25 years. Remember, THAT was supposed to be what we should be focused on. This world is not being revived. It is passing away. The only thing that matters between now and then are how many get saved before Christ returns.
As if things could not get worse, they did yesterday. We must realize that when we crawl into bed with the devil, the bill eventually comes due. It was not enough to flush our personal pride and witness down the toilet for the past eight years but now, the church is in bed with a child sex trafficker. That is because the House of Representatives released an ethics report on former Congressman, and Trump nominee for the Attorney General, Matt Gaetz. Do not get bogged down in useless talking points about the release of the report. The committee had an equal number of Republicans and Democrats and they unanimously agreed on the findings. If you find yourself arguing nuance, then you really need to question your salvation at this point. This guy flew young girls around the country and to other countries for the express purpose of prostituting them for sex and giving them illegal drugs such as ecstasy and cocaine. One of his victims had just finished her junior year in high school when he paid her for sex, twice. Do not get bogged down in the nuance of whether he knew she was underage because it is not relevant to Florida law, which says you do not have to know for it to be considered statutory rape. Not to mention, if you find yourself arguing that a 17-year-old being raped is somehow less of an issue if the assailant never asked for her age, maybe you again need to question your salvation. The report concluded:
"Representative Gaetz took advantage of the economic vulnerability of young women to lure them into sexual activity for which they received an average of a few hundred dollars after each encounter." - House Ethics Report on Matt Gatez
For a few hundred dollars. Someone's daughter. Someone's sister. If your politics makes you so biased that this is somehow not important to you, then your politics have become your idol. One of the victims said that Gaetz would make her feel bad for not having sex with him and another said she felt violated. Please, we should not try and parse this out in our wicked and deceitful hearts. The reason why you do not come out and pretend that Donald Trump is righteous is because you then own Matt Gaetz as well. Donald Trump has called Gaetz a "friend of his who has a big career set up."
Yesterday. He said that yesterday. AFTER the ethics report was released. Think about that for a second. The first buddy Elon Musk referred to the ethics report as being worth less than nothing. That is how the people you directly support each day with your retweets and Facebook posts feels about 17-year-old girls being statutorily raped by a sitting US Congressman. They are less than nothing. Steve Bannon, who you are also in bed with, said yesterday, and please forgive his language:
"Take the ethics report and shove it up you're a**. Gaetz must return like Trump returned. Don't back down, double down." - Steve Bannon
