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Wednesday, April 29, 2015
When evil is considered good
Hillary Clinton’s response about Benghazi; use of a private server to host official State Department emails; over 1,100 donors to the Clinton Foundation unreported foreign pass-throughs; and a host of other terrible things all combine to show the world, the Democratic Party, and voters in general, that she is not a virtuous person. Yet she is still considered the front-runner for her party’s presidential nomination. Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Freddie Gray were not virtuous men, yet they have become martyrs for the new civil rights movement. The “president” said if he had a son, he wouldn’t let him play football. He also said if he had a son, he would be like Trayvon Martin. Is this the condition of our nation?
The acceptance of evil as good has seemingly become commonplace. Folks take sides without discerning the facts. People have become symbols of movements even though they are not worthy representatives. The “president’s” words that he wouldn’t let his son play football and that his son would be like Martin sends a message to the youth of America. Clinton’s purposeful violation of the laws sends a message, too. That she is still walking about with her freedom while many who have broken lesser laws are in jail, is also a message. Making martyrs of young men who have violated the law and shown tremendous disregard for authority sends a message as well. It’s not a civil right to steal and sell drugs.
There are many examples of successful women who have extraordinary accomplishments and haven’t broken the law. There are many young Black men who have overcome prejudice, unconscious bias, poverty and disappointment, have never broken the law, but are unrecognized for their contribution to society. There have been many Presidents who have stood for civil rights and have upheld the law as elected representatives of all US citizens. They have said the right things at the right moments to bring unity rather than division; to support American values even in the face of great challenges. So then, why can we point to these examples and countless others where good is discounted and evil celebrated?
Ezekiel 22:29-30 says, “The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.” In generations past, the Church in America stood in the gap and made up the hedge. Somewhere along the line, the Church disengaged, turned within, and abdicated its role to the government. Separation of Church and state, they call it. But can the Spirit and the Soul be separated and truth, love, honor and justice remain? We are not supposed to allow our good to be considered evil. We are to overcome evil with good. We all need to engage with the message of Christ.
Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!
Bill Wilson
For God’s Glory Alone Ministries thanks Bill Wilson and www.dailyjot.com
