There is a wisdom of the world that is so opposed to the Word and wisdom of God.
Tolerance – Intolerance
The WOKE movement has much to do in and with political correctness.
Woke is a term that came to the fore in the mind of black lives matter movement in 2014, regarding awareness of institutional racism in society, not just political. Though the word Woke regarding racial awareness began and was in use during the 1960’s Martin Luther King used the phrase in his, ‘I have a dream,’ speech.
Although “woke” as a watchword was the term’s earliest known usage, it took on three primary contexts within Black communities during the 20th century: 1) slang for being literally awake; 2) slang for being suspicious of a cheating romantic partner; and 3) the original, politically charged usage of always being on the lookout for systemic injustice.
Woke, as many words and phrases have, has entered into a wider meaning taking in all manner of social injustices. Applied to all prejudices. This is the working out of the wisdom of the world, saying that we ought to be people of tolerance. When we look deeper into this it is a tolerance of people’s rights to be whatever man chooses. As a consequence people have to become accountable for what they do or say. That is a promotion of intolerance! The world and the mind of man has twisted everything.
The world, man says that we can do anything. Because we can do anything, there must be someone to blame if things go wrong. My baby is stillborn or has some problem or disability; it has to be somebody’s fault. Somebody must have missed something or done something, or forgot to do something the right way. We have to find out what happened. I trusted the medical profession to make sure that all was well. What happened? This is becoming more and more the way of the world. A thing of the world. (The boastful pride of life.)
‘Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.’ 1 John 2:15-17
The other thing that happens in this age, is that because the medical profession is so advanced now, they can look at a scan of a baby in the womb just a couple of weeks into a pregnancy and tell what disabilities that the baby might have, and give the option to abort if there is any type of disability, or abnormality. We have the right to know and the right to choose to let the baby (person) live or die! What about the choice to allow God’s healing of the person(baby)?
As the world gets to have more knowledge, it grows more in its own wisdom. This is most evident in the medical world. It is also growing at an alarming rate within other scientific spheres. Man is becoming so wise and knowledgeable, those with lesser knowledge trust that the experts know what they are talking about, even though it is their own wisdom. Men who think that they are wise because they know so much. We have a greater understanding of how nature works so we must do things this way. We trust the doctor because of the knowledge that they have. Knowledge does not equal wisdom! Unless it is of the mind of man, man’s wisdom.
Knowledge does not equal wisdom!
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. James 1:5 NASB1995
The world of medicine will say, ‘Your baby will be born blind; with cerebral palsy; with a heart murmur; autistic.’ It could be one or more of any number of things. Man’s wisdom says that you have to have the choice to put yourself through a hard life of being a carer for your child for the rest of your life, or you can opt out. Nobody will blame you for choosing to abort. It is not easy either way. Either way we have to live with the decision. The reality is this, choose love or choose death. The world in its wisdom will not put it that way, because the world’s wisdom is a deception. We get so much info to help us make “an informed decision,” but it is usually stacked against the truth of love.
‘Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, “ He is the one who catches the wise in their craftiness”; and again, “The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are useless.” So then let no one boast in men. For all things belong to you,’ 1 Corinthians 3:18-21
Political correctness uses words like inclusion, diversity, and equality, all to mean or promote a society of tolerance towards different cultural, political, sexual, genders. Sometimes it goes so far as to promote and highlight the differences. When we do not really need to know. The Oscars was one point, a woman won an oscar, and it was pointed out that she was the first queer woman of colour to ever win an oscar. I smiled to myself when I heard the word queer used. I thought the use of that definition had become politically incorrect decades ago. It seems that ideals have changed again. Why do they have to point out that the best actor award was won by a black man for ONLY the 5th time. Surely through diversity inclusion they would not make any distinctions?
I am told that I have to tolerate all these things, The diversity of culture, but I am not to be tolerated for having biblical upright views. Wisdom of the world is not wisdom, but a system of cleverly constructed lies, to change attitudes of the masses to a way of thinking. A way of thinking that seems right. A way of thinking that can sound godly, but when we look deeper something is not quite right. It is a perversion of the truth of God’s word.
There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. Proverbs 14:12 NASB1995
Political correctness is the way of death. The way that seems right to a man. There is so much of the world’s wisdom; the wisdom of man, that has found its way into the teaching of the church.
If I as a Christian state that God has forgiven all sin, even the ones that have not been committed yet, someone will say that can’t be true as we have to confess our sin to God to be forgiven of them. That is not what the bible says. If Jesus died for my sin 2000 years ago, He paid for all of my sin before I was born, before I ever committed sin. That means all my sins are forgiven, even the ones that He knows that I will commit in the future. Some people will say that I am saying that it is OK to sin, it does not matter if I sin. That is the wisdom of the world talking. But the world thinks that it is OK to continue in sin, whether they know about God’s forgiveness or not. Afterall the bible teaches tolerance doesn’t it?
Here is a wisdom of the world that is part of Christian teaching. In order to be saved and continue to be saved or forgiven, we have to confess our sins to God. The Bible does not say this. It does say confess your sins to one another, together with Jesus teaching about being reconciled with your brother, forgive one another. It is written in the Lord’s prayer. If we will not forgive those who sin against us we cannot be forgiven. Unforgiveness is a sin that can’t be forgiven until we forgive. Political correctness say’s we don’t need to forgive, we need justice.
‘Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;’ Hebrews 12:14-15
If we get justice we can be at peace. We hear it much in the news; somebody is finally convicted of some crime, usually murder; and the family talk about being able to get on with life now. They can finally put to rest the pain in their heart. This is a lie. Even knowing that the culprit is being punished, will not take away pain. Some acknowledge that winning compensation does not heal the pain, but…………..!
The reason is unforgiveness. It sticks to us, it causes emotional distress within us bitterness takes hold. 10, 20, 30 years later it is still there. The longer we hold onto the unforgiveness the harder it becomes to forgive, Bitterness works its way out through or in sickness. Sickness of the mind and also the body. This what political correctness promotes, then we have to be tolerant of the person who is sick mentally. After all, they can’t help it. Yes they can, all they need to do is forgive that someone.
So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful. Colossians 3:12-15
What great verses are these, all about relationships, and totally against the thinking of the world, There is actually more to this passage, This is talking directly to Christians, not to the world. ‘To those who have been chosen of God.’ This is everything that political correctness wants to be, but has corrupted what these verses actually say.
Going to leave it there for now,…… more to come
Charlie
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