You’ve no doubt heard about the criticism leveled recently at Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney from members of the Republican Party — their own — for not only refusing to believe the baseless accusation that the 2020 presidential election was “stolen” from Donald Trump but for even stating publicly that it’s false. Romney, speaking at a meeting of the Utah party, was actually booed.
The trouble, of course, is that over two-thirds of party
adherents believe that nonsense. And since evangelical Christians represent a
large bloc of the GOP, it becomes not just a political issue but a spiritual one
as well — and one on which they look absolutely silly.
What we’re seeing is the result of a deliberate longstanding
campaign by the Enemy to deceive Christians. And by longstanding, I’m talking
about over 40 years.
The first and foremost problem is Christians’ focus on
political and social power and, in the process, jettisoning the power of the Holy
Spirit to cause the change that they say they want. Basically, they failed to
trust in God and were moving “in the flesh’ — and I don’t think it’s any
coincidence that little, if anything, has changed.
But rather than admit that they were barking up the wrong
tree, they continued to pursue the goal of power for its own sake regardless of
the means.
Which leads to their endorsement of a man without any moral
compass but who told Christians that “Christians will have power.” (Given Jesus’
wilderness temptation, the parallels should be obvious, Jesus telling Satan, in
effect, “Go back to hell where you belong.”) The reality is that Trump became
quite literally a messianic figure, and in his arrogance he accepted the
accolade; that pride led him to hold up that Bible in front of that church, and
you can’t convince me that that action didn’t cause God Himself to pull the
plug on him.
The delusion has become so strong, however, that, in light
of the last election, which they still can’t admit that he lost, a number of
people have dreamed up ways in which he would be returned to power. And they
would run roughshod over the political process to encourage that — indeed, they
did, participating in the riot outside the Capitol on Jan. 6.
I’m sorry, but this campaign, including the QAnon conspiracy
garbage, is coming straight from the pit, and as a result the witness of the
Gospel is being sabotaged. I do believe that God will put a stop to
it but won’t pretend to understand just how or when; when He does, a lot of
people will be embarrassed — or worse.
