The catch phrase "House Divided" originates from former President Abraham Lincoln 1858 speech. The speech was intended to launch Lincoln into the political arena as the Illinois candidate for Senator. I love this speech. It holds incredible prophetic lessons for us:
"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government
cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect
the union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect
it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the
other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it,
and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is
in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it
forward, till it shall become lawful in all the States, old as well as
new — North as well as South."
This country is becoming increasingly divided with each passing day. We have two political parties, once civil and respected, taking punches at each other daily. We now have the government, many in the church, and the entertainment entertainment industries telling us that male and female genders are too inclusive. That actually in order to be fair to the country we need no longer cause division. We need to now recognize four genders: heterosexual, homosexual, transgender and bisexual. In the Church we are divided in our beliefs on a literal heaven and a literal hell.
This country, in the name of inclusivity, has caused our nation to be the total antithesis of united. We have become a nation divided. Our country can not stand indefinitely with this type of division. In the name of fairness we have created and labeled so many groups "inclusive" that we now have an entire country divided on: governmental, social, and spiritual issues. The foundation of this country has now , not only been shaken, but divided.
If you have the ability to stand back and observe the chaos do so.
It's brilliant. Satan is absolutely called the "master of deception" for
a reason. He has successfully convinced many of us that wrong is right and right is wrong. He has blurred the lines so masterfully that we no longer have the ability to recognize truth. We have managed to become slaves to deceit.
My Nana used to tell me, as a little girl, "Lillibet, observe which way the pack is going. Then go the opposite direction". We usually don't want to go the opposite direction do we? The cool thing to do is follow the heard. Obviously if everyone is on the bandwagon it must be the right thing! Satan will try and convince you that doing the right thing enslaves you. Quite the contrary.
Jesus has made it abundantly clear that He is returning to this earth for His people. Satan knows his time on earth is marked. The more of us that he can convince to enslave the better. He tries to make us believe that we don't need any god but ourselves. We count. We need to be happy. We need to be able to explore our options. Do our own thing. The reality is that satan is a liar. His way only leads to being in slavery to sin. And guess what? That is not a popular message at all.
Jesus tells us to follow Him. To drop everything and follow Him. He offers us eternal freedom in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. And it does come with a price. It causes division. It causes us to have to choose dying to our old lives. No longer can we, as Christians, not take a stance. There is no more time to have one foot in the world and one foot out. Pray for your family members. Pray for your friends. We don't want a house divided. We want a house united. Pray that all we know will choose in! Because "in" the blink of an eye all could be "out" for all eternity.
"If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand." Mark 3:25
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