What Ferguson Exposed

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit which does not confess Jesus is not of God. This is the spirit of antichrist, of which you heard that it was coming, and now it is in the world already. 1John 4:1-3


Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger. Prov. 29:8

In the aftermath of the Ferguson, MO riots, there have been many voices crying out to be heard. Some of them have been civil and level-headed; others fueled by fiery hatred. Some have been subtle and smooth, but dead wrong in their focus, and destructive of purpose. It's alarming how bereft of common sense many of these loud voices have been—how militantly blind to the facts and how quick to covertly or overtly justify lawlessness. Vicious statements like “Burn this b___ down!” [Michael Brown's step-father], and “We'll tear this g-- d--- country down!” [Farrakhan] are coming from a place in the soul that is contrary to all that is good in humanity.

We can see that there are many spirits that have been loosed in the world that are contrary to the peace-engendering love and wisdom of Jesus Christ. Many blanch at the mention of His name. An atheist group has posted billboards with a picture of a young girl writing a letter, obviously to Santa: “Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is not to have to go to church.” An atheist spokesman for the group says the purpose was to help atheists or unbelievers to not “feel alienated”. The message sounds less like an encouragement to unbelievers than a slap in the face of the church---the church whose pope is currently in Turkey trying to garner support from the Muslim community in the work of condemning the Islamic State atrocities. The church that has spawned organizations like Samaritan's Purse, Voice of the Martyrs, the Baptist Disaster Relief, and thousands of other ministries to the sick, needy and poor. Perhaps these atheists could better serve humanity by organizing such ministries rather than attacking the church.

It has never been clearer to me that the Christian Faith---Christ Himself---is the answer to the problems of the world. And it is alarming to see how many loud voices there are in our country that are pulling society in the opposite direction of His Truth. It seems incredibly foolish—suicidal---to try to tear down this country or the Faith that has clearly been its foundation. It is an act of spiritual blindness and pure selfishness to release oneself into lawless behavior, rationalized by the false perception that the judicial system has failed. It seems evident that the energy of this anarchy was already smoldering underground, awaiting a trigger [and it was a hairline trigger] to be released. Militant blindness—the refusal to see the truth—is the essence of evil. Jesus said “I am the Truth...” Without the discernment of the Holy Spirit one cannot see the truth. Children who've not been given access to the Bible become fallow ground in which any wayward seed of deception may take root. Like zombies going after noise, spiritually blind people will follow any loud voice speaking with enough passion, no matter how far from the truth it may lead them. This is true because the human soul was created with the need for a purpose beyond itself. And if Christ does not fulfill that soul with His Love, Satan will fill it with hatred and misguided deception. Communism, Nazism, and radical Islam are all stark examples of what can grow in the fallow ground of unbelief in Christ as the Messiah. An honest objective study of what has grown in the fertile ground of the Christian Faith reveals immense good for the human family, including safety for and ministries to those who do not believe. [As long as that unbelief is not aggressively destructive of the Christian Faith, as in the case of the Crusades. Christianity has the right to protect itself from violent eradication.] If it were possible for the spiritually blind to see, they would realize that the Christian Faith is the only truly safe sanctuary for the human soul and spirit. All else becomes a struggle for power and control---something Christ possessed, but laid aside, becoming a servant of humanity and an example for His followers.

Spiritual blindness destroys all that is good in a society. There are no levels of education, political correctness, or military power that can compensate for spiritual blindness or prevent it from eroding a nation. It is suicidal to work against faith in Christ.