{"id":7731,"date":"2008-10-10T17:02:18","date_gmt":"2008-10-10T17:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"\/Jerri's-Blog\/Truth-in-a-World-With-Evil.aspx"},"modified":"2014-04-23T03:23:26","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T03:23:26","slug":"truth-in-a-world-with-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hisriches.com\/truth-in-a-world-with-evil\/","title":{"rendered":"Truth in a World With Evil"},"content":{"rendered":"

So much wickedness is being pushed on the public. Sometimes it seems overwhelming to fight against evil. At least we know we are on the right side when we recognize and hate evil:
\n\u201cTo fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.\u201d Proverbs 8:13<\/strong><\/p>\n

We fight against evil with spiritual weapons (1 Corinthains 10:3-6 Ephesians 6:10-18<\/strong>): truth, obedience, love, faith, wisdom, the word of God and prayer. For instance, I pray that truth will be made known and justice done in many situations. Thank goodness for those who research, find the facts and make the truth known about Christianity, politics, health, etc.<\/p>\n

A good consequence of all the evil being promoted is that people are hearing the truth being proclaimed by Bible-believing Christians who point out error:
\n\u201cAnd you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.\u201d Malachi 3:18<\/strong><\/p>\n

Christians have (or should have) the \u201cmind of Christ\u201d 1 Corinthians 2:16<\/strong> When the truth is made known each individual will have a chance to decide to follow Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

Also, those who already know Jesus will gain discernment when there is a clear distinction between good and evil. The Apostle Paul prayed for the Philippians to gain knowledge and depth of insight:
\n\u201cAnd this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ–to the glory and praise of God.\u201d Philippians 1:9-11<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cEvil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.\u201d Proverbs 28:5<\/strong> We can know the truth in all situations if we seek the Lord. Truth is one of our spiritual weapons. We need to pray for the truth to be have known, pray for those who are suffering persecution for proclaiming the truth, pray for those who are sacrificing by spending time and money researching and making known the truth, and we need to be living the truth.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.\u201d Hebrew 5:14 <\/strong>The longer we know God and the more we obey Him, the more wisdom we will have to discern good from evil.<\/p>\n

The good news is our land can be healed:
\n\u201cif my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.\u201d 2 Chronicles 7:14<\/strong> It is not impossible. \u201cMy people\u201d<\/strong><\/em> is not everyone; but that is who is required to repent and earnestly pray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So much wickedness is being pushed on the public. Sometimes it seems overwhelming to fight against evil. At least we know we are on the right side when we recognize and hate evil: \u201cTo fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.\u201d Proverbs 8:13 We fight<\/p>\n

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