{"id":17709,"date":"2024-10-13T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/?p=17709"},"modified":"2024-10-13T22:32:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T04:32:27","slug":"hate-evil-love-good-and-establish-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/hate-evil-love-good-and-establish-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Hate Evil, Love Good, and Establish Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After listening to my pastor’s sermon this morning on the Book of Amos it made me think of where we are in the world today. More than almost any other book of Scripture, the book of Amos holds God’s people accountable for their ill-treatment of others. It repeatedly points out the failure of the people to fully embrace God’s idea of justice. They were selling off needy people for goods, taking advantage of the helpless, oppressing the poor, as men were using women immorally (Amos 2:6\u20138<\/a>; 3:10<\/a>; 4:1<\/a>; 5:11\u201312<\/a>; 8:4\u20136<\/a>). Drunk on their own economic success and intent on strengthening their financial position, the people had lost the concept of caring for one another; Amos rebuked them because he saw in that lifestyle evidence that Israel had forgotten God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Could it be that many Americans have forgotten God?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I see many similarities in today’s world. Take a step back and look around you as you can see clearly that too many Americans have lost their way. Sometimes I believe we are in a war of good vs evil that seems to get worse by the day. We have all become pawns in a war against the left and the bureaucratic elitists as we get closer to this tenacious election as the rhetoric gets louder and hatred becomes the order of the day. We are so diametrically divided politically that we are even seeing families at odds and fighting with each other. Many of our political leaders have forgotten that God is still in charge but continue to act as if they are the ones running things. Today we live in an ABC culture “Anything But Christ”. If you pull out a bible and quote from it you’re going to be cancelled and opposed. They want us to be quiet and keep our opinions to ourselves well that is not going to happen as more and more Christians are standing up to be counted. We have been quiet for far too long and we are learning that if we are united we can take our country back to how our forefathers meant it to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We all have our opinions but it seems today that if you don’t have the same opinion as the left you don’t get to have an opinion. We all have a world view some have a biblical world view and some a secular world view but too many times our worldview is based on our emotions “I feel this or I Think that” which in my opinion is not good reasoning. God has given us instructions to live by. We have God’s word in the Bible where in Genesis God creates the heaven and the earth and also Adam and Eve which becomes the first family. (Genesis 2:4-3:24) The family is the very foundation of our culture and the existence of our society is contingent on the success of the family. If we look at the societal ills of our country today most of them are a result of the breakdown of the family. We spend billions of dollars on our problems and they just get worse. Many believe that a breakdown of the family is the real problem and is even greater than drug addiction and homelessness as less of our youth are involved in Christian beliefs or regularly attend church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We all know we have a homeless problem and we are not talking about those who are here illegally. We spend billions of dollars fighting homelessness but indeed the facts here are interesting. Ninety-five percent of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes as are 71% of high school dropouts and 85% of all youths sitting in prison. Sixty-eight percent of children from fatherless homes are more likely to use drugs or alcohol. More shocking is that fatherless daughters are 111% more likely to have children as teens and 164% more likely to have an out-of-wedlock birth. In 2020 the number of births out of wedlock in the United States was 40 1\/2% of all births and that number has been growing steadily. Not too long ago out of wedlock births were taboo but they have been growing steadily as promiscuity has become the order of the day. It should also be noted that in 2019 36% of our young adults aged 18-34 who attended church twice a month has since fallen to 26%. Does anyone see a pattern here? This cycle continues to repeat itself because of the breakdown of the family. At the same time we are seeing this increase in out-of-wedlock births we are also being told that there were over 1 million abortions in 2023 as medication abortions rose to 63%. This is the highest number of abortions since 2012. It should be clear that SCOTUS’s elimination of Roe v Wade has done nothing to slow down the number of abortions being performed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is obvious that the morals of Americans have changed as there is a movement underway today to redefine marriage and the family. We see more same-sex marriages as homosexuality gains momentum, especially among young people. We see gay pride days at our schools, even a gay pride month, and in some of our more liberal state capitals, they’re flying the rainbow flag and having gay pride parades. If you’re wondering just how big our gay population is according to a recent Gallop Poll, 7.6% of U.S. adults identify as LGBTQ up from 5.6% four years ago. What is even more interesting is that 9.8% of millennials identify as gay while in 2012, less than six percent of respondents from the same generation said the same. About 20% of Americans are Gen Z and 20% of Generation Z identify as gay or bisexual. So what is happening with our young people who may be the leaders of tomorrow?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a recent Gallop Poll, 68% of Americans identify as Christians. We are the majority yet we are being challenged more than ever before by the media and bureaucrats running our country. They continue to try and tear down the nuclear family which has been the foundation of America for 248 years. Our current leaders cheer on and foster LGBTQ acceptability along with their DEI movement and if we challenge them, we are labeled racists. This is even though the quality of our government officials and even corporate managers who have been hired using DEI has been deteriorating for the past 16 years ever since Obama came on the scene. It is clear to me that the left has been working hard to tear down the moral and ethical character of our children for decades and they are now seeing the fruits of their labor. We have become the antithesis of what are forefathers wanted for this country. It is high time we turned things around beginning with this very important election on November 5th<\/sup>. If you don’t vote some say this could be our last election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We Get the Government We Deserve” MAGA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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