Mark 7:36-37 Jesus told the crowd not to tell anyone, but the more he told them not to, the more they spread the news. They were completely amazed and said again and again, “Everything he does is wonderful. He even makes the deaf to hear and gives speech to those who cannot speak.”
Notice how when I am among the people and they see my miracles, they love me. They are amazed at me and they spread the word about me amongst themselves. Yet, not long after, they all cry out for me to be hung. They approve and watch me being tortured. They stand and allow me to be nailed to a cross. Why? What is it that happens? Why are you so fickle? So easily swayed? So eager to accept lies? How can you justify denying what you have seen with your own eyes in order to accept the lies of those who would control you? Is this not what surrounds you today? Those who will not see what is right in front of them, but will accept and celebrate the lies of the enemy? And, further, even promote those lies and harm those who do not agree? They have fallen under the spell of the enemy. Do not allow yourself to fall prey to this. Do not allow them to sway you. Stand firm. Be kind, be loving, be forgiving, but do not ever align yourself with these lies and this evil. You are to be a light in that darkness, not a part of it. (2022)
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