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The Big Lie
By George Stroh
June 21, 2021
The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; Who can understand it? (Jeremiah 17:9)
Most of the world's so called "social justice" reforms and initiatives are based upon a false premise which is the "big lie". The "big lie" is that everyone born is basically good. If that is true, then bad behavior (sin) must be a result of societal injustice, treatable psychological or emotional issues and other external factors. And if people are basically good, sin is relative and God, if He even exists, must fairly judge on a relative basis (kind of like the sliding scale grading method). Only the worst of the worst people can be excluded from heaven, if heaven exists. Even these flawed people must have some redeemable value and could not be justly consigned to an eternal hell, if hell exists. This all encompasses the "big lie".
The truth, however, is that everyone, except Jesus Christ, is born with a sin nature that soon manifests in all kinds of unrighteousness (sin); As it is written, "There is none righteous, not even one; There is none who understands. There is none who seeks for God; All have turned aside, together they have become useless; There is none who does good, there is not even one." (Romans 3:10-12)
It is not surprising that this "big lie" is widely accepted as truth. Satan has been telling this lie since the days of Adam and Eve; The serpent said to the woman, "You surely will not die!" (Genesis 3:4) But, because they sinned, Adam and Eve surely did die, spiritually and later physically!
God does exist. He will judge all unforgiven sinners and not on a sliding scale; For the wages of sin is death...; (Romans 6:23a) Not just physical death. but also eternal spiritual death, separation from God forever in hell (which does exist). God's forgiveness of sins, salvation, and eternal life in heaven (that does exist) begins with the rejection of the "big lie" and believing the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ; ...but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23b)
Maranatha!
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