We All, Like Sheep, Have Gone Astray
To the Editor:
Today, we live in a world of confusion and delusion, far beyond our wildest imagination. The father of lies has infiltrated every area of our society, especially going after children and young people now coming of age, through demonic indoctrination that permeates the atmosphere. Lies abound in public schools, from preschool through college. If that were not enough, the devil has also captured “pop culture,” through Hollywood movies, filled with Progressive propaganda, through what now passes for “music,” and unlike previous generations, through social media, online chat rooms and video games.
Even the majority of our churchesarenowapostate,with preachers refusing to preach the whole counsel of God for fear of offending wicked men and women, convicting them in their unrepentant sin. The sheep no longer have Godly shepherds who will speak the truth to them, but instead desire to be well-liked and popular among the people. Surely the Spirit of the Lord has departed from these places, which is very sad because many of these churches were once filled with courageous leaders and faithful servants of God. Once upon a time, they made a life-changing eternal difference for countless lost souls. But so many have turned aside and gone their own way — the way of the world - the broad road that leads to destruction.
Chaos and confusion, lies, deception and delusion are the result. The wicked ideologies of communism, Marxism, and socialism have overtaken the once-Christian America and through their orchestrated plans of brainwashing and indoctrination, the people of our nation are now wandering about - they’re lost and they’re perishing - because they no longer have any clue what God’s Word says or even Who God is anymore. Nor do they seem to care.
There have been many delusions that have overtaken us as a people the last couple of decades. But perhaps the vilest is that of homosexuality and now “transgenderism.” There have always been those who’ve engaged in these deviant behaviors. But God Almighty rightly called these behaviors “abominations.” Today, they’re not only accepted, but celebrated pridefully 365 days a year. Even the Pope is now leading countless millions astray as he gives his “infallible” approval of what God has so strongly condemned.
Across our nation and around the world, perversion has overtaken us. Not all engage in these abominations, but there are few, indeed, who will ever speak against them or tell the truth about them, even those still in their “right minds.” Those who do, are quickly labeled as “haters” and not just harshly condemned by society, but in many cases, persecuted and prosecuted for speaking God’s truth, and plain common sense. Perversion, not unlike that of the hedonism of the Israelites worshiping a golden calf or the wickedness of Sodom, is mainstream now, world-wide.
The solution to this delusion, of course, is a return to God, in humble repentance and faith. As wicked and evil as this world is now, any nation that repents, humbles themselves and seeks God again, will see blessings beyond measure. Any nation that wakes up to the evil that is actively destroying them and their children, and whose people turn their eyes upon Jesus, will become the strongest, safest, most prosperous, and bountiful nation in the world, even in the midst of utter destruction elsewhere. I believe there will be a nation that repents in this way — and the people there will repent individually, as families and as a whole. But sadly, I don’t believe it will be the United States. We’re a hard-hearted people, a lazy and ungrateful people. We have forgotten God and our history.
Today in America, men are sharply condemned for their masculinity, and it begins when they’re just young boys. Authority figures twist their little minds and cause them to question their natural-born gender. They’re told that “manly” traits are “bad,” and “toxic.” Much better to behave like girls.
Meanwhile, women who embrace their natural femininity are likewise condemned and told they’re victims of the “patriarchy,” which of course, they’re also told is their true mission in life to dismantle. No surprise here; this struggle was predicted in Genesis 3:16, a result of man’s original sin.
This is all by the meticulous design of the Communists, the Globalists, and the Leftists who seek to destroy all that God made and called “good,” and replace it with what these arrogant pea-brains believe will be “better.” “Bet-ter” for them, perhaps, as it fulfills the purposes of their father, the devil, but not better for anyone, or anything else.
In Genesis 1:27, we read about God’s perfect design: “God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.” Both were created in God’s own image, and they were created male and female, as were all living things, designed to unite together as “one flesh,” and thereby be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. God puts great value on all life, especially His image-bearers. In God’s perfect plan, neither is superior or inferior to the other. Both are equally valued and equally needful of one another.
God gave the man specific duties. One of the first was to work, as He placed Adam in the garden to work it and care for it. And He knew this world would be difficult after sin entered in, so He commanded men to be strong and courageous, not frightened or dismayed, as He assured men that “the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go” (Deuteronomy 31:6).
He made men to be protectors of women and children. In 1 Corinthians 16:13, we read, “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.” He instructed men to be loving — to God, their wives, their children, and those they interact with as they sojourn on this earth. We’re also to provide for our families and others — and lovingly instruct, train and discipline our children, raising them to know and love their God. And God created men to be loving servants, not arrogant tyrants. Jesus showed us how.
The Bible also has a lot to say about women. Proverbs 31 tells us how a Godly woman is more precious than jewels, and we read there, “Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” Ladies are also to be modest in their dress, diligent as they work at home, raise their children, and manage their household with wisdom. And again, love is the key component, as they support, help, and encourage their husbands as the two bear the burdens of life together, as one flesh. And God didn’t create women to be less intelligent, rather as we read again in Proverbs 31, “She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.”
God created both genders to need one another. Not only is procreation impossible without male and female, but when women desire to be men and men desire to be women, the result is not harmonious utopia — it’s chaos, confusion, despair, and madness. Both men and women are to be servants to one another. Both are equally created and loved by God and it’s only through mutual humble servanthood to one another can the home and family be truly God-honoring and blessed.
I believe men should greatly honor, protect, serve, and adore their wives. And I believe wives should greatly honor and be righteously “proud” of the husbands God’s given them. Of course, this is impossible when we don’t: know God’s Word, study it, meditate upon it, live by it; and teach it to our children. Today, the world has forgotten God, except for those who claim to be “atheists,” and then they hate the God they claim to believe does not exist. If any nation wants to see restoration and blessing, it must first begin with a return to God and His divine plan for mankind.
There is still hope; all is not lost. “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14).
The next move is ours. “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you,” (James 4:8). “The time is always right to what is right,” (Martin Luther King, Jr.).
J. Frank Smith Nechanitz