There are so many lies on the internet no matter which side you take that it is impossible now to know the truth from lies! Yes, the only way we can live in peace and know truth from lies is to ask God.
Many people are "researching" things that fit with their desired belief system but are being fooled by skewed and distorted facts which are not facts at all.
There is no way we can spend half the day researching a subject on the internet and actually end up knowing the truth.
Things can be made to sound so plausible but be so wrong.
We cannot possibly know the truth about a matter by merely reading articles or watching internet videos. The word "research" to many people means searching out what you wish to believe and finding all the supporting "evidence" so we can feel smart and special. It is not research to peruse the social media sights for information that supports what we want to believe.
In these last days the lies are flying fast and furiously on the internet, liberal and conservative alike as well as everything in between.
If you wish to be able to remain sane and rational you might have to stop "researching" on the internet and begin praying for wisdom.
If you have taken a particular stance on something, then prayed for God to prove that stance, then you have not asked in honesty, you have asked presumptuously for God to support your view rather than asking God to show you the truth.
It was generally accepted when I was a child that Christians should not be reading tabloid newspapers such as "The Enquirer", which printed outlandish and concocted stories that they knew were lies.
Now we have the internet, which has some good information but far more tabloid misinformation than the good. Everyone has their pet desired belief system based on feelings without evidence. Sadly they are very clever about reporting anecdotal information that doesn't prove anything.
As long as the person in the video has an opinion and is willing to speak online they are seen as "experts." We live in a world of disinformation and fantasy thinking. People in our day are more likely to believe their "feelings" than they are the facts that disprove their feelings.
If we are wise we will spend far more time praying than we do on the internet. Those who are addicted to the internet might find their peace returning as they go cold turkey as one would from a drug. There may be withdrawal, even paranoia that sets in for a time as they miss the drama that holds them captive.
Those who argue and fight with others over things they could not possibly know for sure themselves are divisive within the body of Christ.
Romans 16:17 "I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them."
1 Corinthians 1:10 "I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment."
How can we be united with the same mind? It's pretty simple, we must be humble, willing to listen, and when we speak we speak from the Bible and not our "research from the internet."
Whatever is not addressed in the Bible we leave alone, keeping our beliefs to ourselves unless asked. Many things people are hanging so tightly to, willing to destroy relationships over, are not mandates of God nor are they even mentioned in the Scriptures.
The attitude of superiority is what drives someone to lecture others on things God never commanded. The desire to be the most knowledgeable is driving this division but with the information they cannot themselves prove.
Satan is mocking and laughing as believers are at one another's throats over lies. We cannot let him win by listening to the lies. We cannot allow him to win by starting fights over things God never spoke about.
If you have no scriptural proof of your assertion about something then do not demand compliance to your thinking by others. The arguing and fighting have to stop, we must love one another, allowing one another to be led by God differently from ourselves. Not every disagreement needs to be a battle.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
"4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant.
5 It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered,
6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
7 it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
If any of these principles of love is violated when we encounter people then those who will not walk in love have sinned and must repent.
