In today’s Cancel Culture environment, individuals and organizations intentionally seek out others with whom they disagree. Trolls continuously search the web, television and radio for their next prey. Once they find a target, they declare all-out-war on the person and seek to ruin him or her on all social media platforms and endlessly try to get them terminated at work and banned from their clubs, organizations and community. Cancel Culture perpetrators try to remove their selected victim from anything of social and economic value. These narcissists play the role of society’s conquering hero as they exaggerate their outrage and wrongly slander others while feasting on praise from like-minded evil doers for a job well done.
Oftentimes, these predators pretend to be a victim themselves as they embellish even the idea of a prior offense that they may or may not have suffered by another. No actual violation is required, only the potential or imagined infringement is sufficient to justify permanent and complete annihilation of their fellowman.
The lack of true crimes reveals their motives. They are completely intolerant of any and all views that disagree with their “current” opinion. They refuse to engage in an open and honest conversation with anyone who’s opinions they disagree. Some of these “speech police” are simply immature or lack discernment, others are deceived and reject truth, and some are just plain evil and want to do harm.
While people have been “canceled” for a variety of reasons, many have been dragged through the mud for simply supporting a biblical worldview. Wrongly thinking they can silence God by silencing His people, Christians live under a barrage of enemy fire.
But God will not be silenced. In fact, His Word teaches that God is the ultimate “canceler.” The Bible has many examples of people God annihilated when they came against Him or His children. For example, Pharaoh and his army, the Canaanites, and the Philistines, and in more modern times, Hitler have all been cancelled.
God’s Word declares that those who reject Him will be canceled.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 warns, “Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.”
Psalm 9:5 states, “You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.”
Revelation 3:5 proclaims, “He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.”
Final words for those caught up in this “Cancel Culture”: Instead of searching for those with whom you disagree and feel should be “canceled”, look inward and examine your own heart. Is your primary victim yourself? Will your name be blotted out of the Book of Life? Is your eternal inheritance death, hell and the lake of fire or eternal life with Jesus Christ? Will you be canceled for all eternity?
“Love God, Love People More” is a new phrase popping up on T-shirts and bumper stickers everywhere. Emphasis is added on the word MORE as folks proudly boast this meaningful life lesson. Actually, their words are belittling to God and His Word. This phrase wreaks of humanism and self-righteousness. Once again, people think they can out-god God. Scripture is clear on this issue. The first four commandments instruct us how to honor our Holy Creator by loving and glorifying Him above anyone or anything.
Heavenly Father, thank you that we can go to the polls and vote for our political leaders.
1 Peter 2:2-3 “Like newborn babies, thirst for the pure milk of the word so that by it you may grow in your salvation. Surely you have tasted that the Lord is good!”
Stephen Paddock recently shocked the world when he gunned down defenseless attenders of a country music festival in Las Vegas. He killed 58 people and injured another 546. Pictures of Paddock have dominated the local and cable news stations for weeks. He joins the ranks of Omar Saddiqui Mateen, Seung-Hui Cho, Adam Lanza and several other horrendous mass shooters in US history. These hideous crimes pale in comparison to Mao Tse-Tung, Josef Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Kim II Sung and other brutal dictators who killed millions during their short time on earth.
For the past few years, there have been numerous shows and movies about Zombies. The most prominent is AMC’s, The Walking Dead, which is going on its 8th season. When people die, they turn into a zombie-like, dead man walking, also known as a “Walker” and immediately start seeking to devour the “Living” people. Like the Zombie curse, sin entered this world through Adam. As a result, all humanity is born under the curse of sin. The Bible warns, “Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.” (1 Peter 5:8).
The Apostle Paul described life as a race and declared that he had finished his race with joy. How can we, like Paul, finish our race – our life with joy?
In the news and other media outlets, we are fed a daily dose of victorious boasts by radical Islamists and other unbelievers against Christians. Moreover, current and future “victories” in the political arena by anti-Bible activists on social issues against religious liberties are loudly trumpeted.