Scripture
There is no room in love for fear. Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life—fear of death, fear of judgment—is one not yet fully formed in love.
~I John 4:18, MSG
Quote
The devil loves a fearful Christian.
~Billy Graham
I find it very interesting that John deals with the devil’s trio in one short passage in I John chapter four. This trilogy is lies, hate and fear. All three are of the devil. Jesus said to the Jewish religious leaders in John 8, You’re from your father, the Devil, and all you want to do is please him. He was a killer from the very start. He couldn’t stand the truth because there wasn’t a shred of truth in him. When the Liar speaks, he makes it up out of his lying nature and fills the world with lies. I arrive on the scene, tell you the plain truth, and you refuse to have a thing to do with me. Murder is hate in action and the devil in the author of hate, lies and fears. Paul told Timothy, God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. So if fear does not come from God, where does it come from? Basically, the devil is a terrorist and nothing would please him more than for us to live in fear. Therefore, he promotes fear; he peddles fear like it was a valuable commodity and the main stream media is his servant.
Islam is not of God: it promotes the very things that God abhors: murder {hate}, lies and fear. What is the modus operandi of the democratic party. It is the party of propaganda: they are never honest about their agenda. They promote fear. In days gone by it was the Social Security issue. They kept the old folks stirred up by telling them that the Republican’s would do away with Social Security. The Republicans don’t have enough guts to do away with anything. It was all a lie and a scare tactic. This time it is Covid-19, the devastating black plague that will kill 40 million Americans. Give them credit, it has worked. They have folks worried to death. The very first thing that alarmed me was the panic they created. For no good reason, they shut down the entire country. They did not do it to protect us from the virus; you can’t stop a virus. A mask will not stop a virus. They did it to cripple the economy and to spread mass hysteria, all with the hope of undermining President Trumps credibility. Here is the thing that bothers me most; they have frightened professed Christians. This panic and fear will close some of our churches; they will never recover.
They have lied from day one. So much misinformation is out there that people don’t know what to believe. This is exactly what they want. It is not rocket science: if it promotes hate, violence, fear and all through propaganda, it is of the devil, not God. The answer is easy and obvious: turn your TV off and get in the word of God. Believe what He says rather than what they say. Its never as bad as they make it sound.
Hope you have a great LORD’s Day. Personally, I am looking forward to hearing the LIVING FAITH QUARTET and then Joe David and the DBC band, Hailey and the Comets. I say “Turn the Moose Loose.” I feel good: I went to bed at 6:00 last night and slept to 4:00 this morning without waking up or getting up. That is a miracle for a 71 year old man.