When we realize that the original word in 2 Timothy 3, for difficult means "ragingly insane" it makes much more sense to us as we watch people in general as being unable to think or discuss rationally anything.
Everything now is based on feelings without proof or good sense. It's why so many including Christians are getting caught up in false news sources, paranoia about food, paranoia about the medical industry, and on it goes.
The medical industry is not perfect, the food is not perfect, the news sources on both liberal and conservative sides are not honest and use spin more than truth to push their agenda. We can no longer believe anything we hear, we must depend entirely on the Holy Spirit for the truth.
We do not bury our heads in the sand by ignoring the media, we bury our hearts in Jesus Christ Who knows the truth about everything.
The more we learn from the false media the more diluted and deceived we will become. ALL media on both sides is dishonest nearly all the time now. We might find bits and pieces of truth in them but for the most part, they leave out much information to push their agenda.
We can depend on the Holy Spirit to guide us, we do not need the news media to guide our thinking. In fact the more news we listen to the less informed we are because half-truths are whole lies.
Manipulating people to get them to believe you is sin. Telling the whole truth with evidence is God's way.
Manipulation is a form of lying.
2 Corinthians 11:14
"14 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light."
The devil can make murder seem like the right thing to do. He can make stealing seem justified, he can twist a person's thinking to believe right is wrong and wrong is right.
If we cannot evaluate the conservative media the same way we evaluate the liberal media we will be duped into believing things that are not true and didn't happen.
If we as believers would spend more time seeking the Holy Spirit for wisdom than we do paying attention to the media we would see how corrupt ALL media is today. There are those who think because they are on the right side of things it is alright to lie and manipulate.
My challenge to my brothers and sisters in Christ is to spend one month not listening to any form of media except sermons that do not speak about politics, but speak only about Christ and His Word, and see how much your perspective changes. Your peace will return, your joy will overflow and you will know more about Christ and His Word than you do about anything else.
Of course, this would take breaking the addiction to sensationalism and media hype. Yes, I said that, it is an addiction that is destroying the witness of Christians, even misleading those who need the gospel.
Our world does not need a better country, it needs Christ. Our community does not need a march against anything, it needs Christ. Swallow all pride, go back into your homes in your prayer closet, and stay on your knees, this can do far more than any prideful display of pressure or power you think you have.
We don't change governments as believers, we bring the truth of the gospel to the unsaved and God will change hearts, one heart at a time.
II Timothy 4:7-8
"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing."
The fight is not for or against a government, it is the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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