“We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error undetected will flourish and subvert.” –J. Robert Oppenheimer
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin. – Romans 3:19-20
When we read this terrible description of the human race as God sees it, it is almost impossible for us to believe that God is not going to say, Enough! Wipe them out! If all he sees is wretchedness, misery, evil, deceit, hypocrisy, vulgarity, profanity, slander, and all these evil things that are in every heart — every one without exception — our natural instinct is to say, “Then God doesn’t want us”.
The amazing thing is that in addition to this verse, God says that He “so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” God did not send the Law to destroy us (and this is very important); he sent the Law to keep us from false hope.
The worst thing that can happen is to be going down a road to an important destination and think we are on the right track and spend all the time necessary to get there only to discover that the road peters out into nothingness. We find we have been on the wrong track and it is too late to go back. That was what was happening. So God, in his loving kindness, has given us the Law to keep us from taking a false path. Though the Law condemns us, it is that very condemnation that makes us willing to listen, so that we find the right path.
Paul says the Law does three things to us: First, it stops our mouth: We have nothing to say. We can always tell someone is close to becoming a Christian when they shut up and stop arguing back. Self-righteous people are always saying, “But — but this — but I — yes, but I do this — and I do that”. They are always arguing. But when they see the true meaning of the Law, their mouth is shut.
Second, Paul says, the whole world is held accountable to God. That makes us realize there is no easy way, no way by which death suddenly is going to dissolve all things into everlasting darkness, forever forgotten. The whole world has to stand before God. Hebrews puts it so starkly, It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment (Hebrews 9:27 KJV).
Finally, the Law reveals very clearly what sin is. What does the Law want of us? Jesus said that all the Law is summed up in one word: Love. All the Law asks us to do is to act in love. All these things the Law states are simply loving ways of acting. When we face ourselves before the Law, we have to confess that many, many times we fail in love. That is what the Law wants us to see, because, then, when all else fails, we are ready to listen to what follows.
God loved us enough to shut up all other ways — to block them out and tell us they are wrong and they do not lead anywhere — so that we give up trying to make ourselves good enough to belong to Him. He gave us the only way that has ever been provided, a righteousness that is given to us, that we never earned, but which is ours because we believe and trust in the Lord Jesus.
History repeats itself (today). RE: IRREGULAR WARFARE RE: TACTICS DEPLOYED v AMERICA Compare & Contrast Then v Now https://www.britannica.com/topic/SA-Nazi-organizationSA-Nazi-organization” target=”_new” title=”archive” id=”archive_today”> Then: methods of violent intimidation deployed by SA Now: methods of violent intimidation deployed by Antifa? Then: battles raged in the streets [book burning, flag burning, destruction, hate, anti-police, etc] Now: battles raging in the streets controlled by [D] party sympathizers [anti-republic]? Then: physical assaults of political opponents Now: physical assaults of political opponents? Then: voter intimidation in National and local elections Now: voter intimidation in National and local elections [coming 11.3]? Then: project anti-fascist platform: reality: conform/obey strong-arm tactics deployed to silence opposing views Now: project anti-fascist platform: reality: conform/obey strong-arm tactics deployed to silence opposing views? Then: radical anti-capitalistic platform (socialism) Now: radical anti-capitalistic platform (socialism) push? Then: force economic destruction as recruiting [division] tactic to drive enlistment rate Now: [D] party gov/mayor(s) close state(s) force economic hardships [C19]? Then: SA carried out unchecked street violence against Jews and Nazi opponents Now: [D] gov/mayor(s) carried out unchecked [deliberate non_prosecution orders 24-hour release] of Antifa rioters arrested [street violence – block-by-block takeover(s)]? [D] gov/mayor(s) release of violent criminals [many thousands] from prison(s) under guise of C19? https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/nazi-propaganda Use of propaganda by Nazi Germany Use of propaganda by MSDNC / Social Media (control of narrative – terminate opposing message (censorship-kill)) Soros history Assault on America. Ask yourself, why are [D] party leaders refusing to condemn the violence? Ask yourself, why are [D] party leaders refusing to seek a unified republic? IT WAS NEVER ABOUT THE VIRUS AND ALWAYS ABOUT THE ELECTION Was the Nazi party ever truly destroyed (eradicated)? Did the belief carry-on [re-deployed]?
The Democrats, together with the corrupt Fake News Media, have launched a massive Disinformation Campaign the likes of which has never been seen before. They will say anything, like their recent lies about me and the Military, and hope that it sticks… But #MAGA gets it!
I couldn’t find a video of an orchestra playing this, but since the storms are lined up…. (Still one movie that’s real, but unrealistic at the same time.)
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Ridiculing the other side, on the other hand…well….
25Now concerning the unmarried, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. 26I think that in view of the present distress it is well for a person to remain as he is. 27Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek marriage. 28But if you marry, you do not sin, and if a girl marries she does not sin. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that. 29I mean, brethren, the appointed time has grown very short; from now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none, 30and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods, 31and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the form of this world is passing away.
PSALMS 45:11-17
10Hear, O daughter, consider, and incline your ear; forget your people and your father’s house; 11and the king will desire your beauty. Since he is your lord, bow to him; 12the people of Tyre will sue your favor with gifts, the richest of the people 13with all kinds of wealth. The princess is decked in her chamber with gold-woven robes; 14in many-colored robes she is led to the king, with her virgin companions, her escort, in her train. 15With joy and gladness they are led along as they enter the palace of the king. 16Instead of your fathers shall be your sons; you will make them princes in all the earth.
LUKE 6:20-26
20And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21“Blessed are you that hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. “Blessed are you that weep now, for you shall laugh. 22“Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of man! 23Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets. 24“But woe to you that are rich, for you have received your consolation. 25“Woe to you that are full now, for you shall hunger. “Woe to you that laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep. 26“Woe to you, when all men speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.
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