Literally tens of millions of dollars are being spent by politicians telling us true and untrue horrible things about their opponents. Lest we have the false idea that negative advertising is something new, let us remind ourselves it has been around a very long time. Before Adam and Eve lost their place in Eden Lucifer had been actively smearing God’s good name. Revelation 12:17 speaks of it beginning in heaven itself. Then it continued in Eden when Lucifer told Eve God didn’t want her to grow and become wise.
Lucifer then became a campaign of horror and destruction blaming God for the resulting death and despair. Hurricanes, earthquakes, etc. are now called “Acts of God.” Lucifer has been very effective in blaming God for things. There is a huge religion in the world that proclaims all things that occur are the will of Allah. After all they say if God didn’t will something to occur He would stop it. Nothing could be farther from the truth. A million things a day happen that are not God’s will.
Jesus tried to teach us the truth. He told us to call God, “Our Father.” He was hoping we might understand that real fathers while disciplining their children would never ever do anything to harm them. Unfortunately even that doesn’t always seem true because some fathers do unlovingly harm their very own children. The next time we are barraged by negative campaigning just remember who started it. What is sad is that we seem to be gullible enough to pay attention and sometimes actually believe it.
Written by Roger Bothwell on January 4, 2012
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