Hi James. This is one of your best. This is what happens when you have so many laws and controls on people your trap ends up catching the wrong prey! Hate speech is an example but as the Psalmist says they’ll end up catching themselves. There can be no fair laws without truth and this only comes from the teachings through Jesus . Oh for the day when we don’t need so many laws and man can be responsible to himself and God. Blessings Tony
A truly outstanding analysis of our increasingly depressing times, James. Many thanks for the serious way you have used the Psalm of the net. It applies to so many levels of our lives in this country at this time.
I'm coming to seriously believe that easy-going Australia is the test canary for each step the Marxist marchers take. Before our very eyes they took over the ultimate propaganda tool, education. Ho hum - oh it's just the leftie unions.
Since the Greta test they've hurtled us into denial of truth and obvious fact- oh that's just Trump and his mis- dis- stuff.
A massacre literally on our shores- Oh shock horror -all those guns out there!
( I'm not blaming anyone here- I lived through all of this and didn't get it)
Regardless of preferences and margins, we actually elected this foul so-called government.
And it looks like we'll do it again.
Lies and blandishments will almost certainly win all the upcoming elections.
The curse of bureaucracy is the constant requirement for these bureaucrats to invent new ideas, rules, regulations and manuals to justify their ongoing employment. They do this by enlarging the scope of their empires and then demanding more funding. Whether their ideas make sense or not, they have to be sold as being essential, and any opposition to their ideas has to be sold as being hateful, divisive, or offensive. If they fail in this, they lose their jobs.
We have to keep ourselves in the love of God and trust His plan for our broken world. God is still in control no matter how bad it gets and whilst the truth is called a lie and sin is called virtue life isn’t as fragile as it is for Christians in other places. This is not our home. It doesn’t depend on us. God is working His purposes out.
Although it might be too late to step back from the edge at this point. 2 Thess 2 10-12 tells us of the consequences of loving not the truth … ‘God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie’… the self-inflicted, God-sent strong delusion where mutilating babies in the womb is called healthcare, children are confidently told they can change genders on a whim and that men can get pregnant, that marriage is not the sole preserve of one man and one woman and where society’s worship of the creature over the creator impacts political, economic and academic decision making.
The love for truth - or more importantly THE truth found in the person of Jesus - has long been rejected in favour of individual truths and subjective morality. And so we find ourselves trapped in a deception of our own making. Is there any stronger delusion than believing a man can become a woman? And more importantly, is there any coming back from such a position of self imposed judgement?
Yes Rosemary - my hope is in the God who created the heavens and the earth and all that dwells therein. I am so thankful that He reigns over all and especially that He cares for me! Thank you Jesus. 🙏
brilliant again
Hi James. This is one of your best. This is what happens when you have so many laws and controls on people your trap ends up catching the wrong prey! Hate speech is an example but as the Psalmist says they’ll end up catching themselves. There can be no fair laws without truth and this only comes from the teachings through Jesus . Oh for the day when we don’t need so many laws and man can be responsible to himself and God. Blessings Tony
So true in the psalmist's time and even more so today, come Lord Jesus come.
A truly outstanding analysis of our increasingly depressing times, James. Many thanks for the serious way you have used the Psalm of the net. It applies to so many levels of our lives in this country at this time.
I'm coming to seriously believe that easy-going Australia is the test canary for each step the Marxist marchers take. Before our very eyes they took over the ultimate propaganda tool, education. Ho hum - oh it's just the leftie unions.
Since the Greta test they've hurtled us into denial of truth and obvious fact- oh that's just Trump and his mis- dis- stuff.
A massacre literally on our shores- Oh shock horror -all those guns out there!
( I'm not blaming anyone here- I lived through all of this and didn't get it)
Regardless of preferences and margins, we actually elected this foul so-called government.
And it looks like we'll do it again.
Lies and blandishments will almost certainly win all the upcoming elections.
On that cheerful note--- have a nice day.
The curse of bureaucracy is the constant requirement for these bureaucrats to invent new ideas, rules, regulations and manuals to justify their ongoing employment. They do this by enlarging the scope of their empires and then demanding more funding. Whether their ideas make sense or not, they have to be sold as being essential, and any opposition to their ideas has to be sold as being hateful, divisive, or offensive. If they fail in this, they lose their jobs.
Nations need strong leaders who identify the issues, take control & steer them in the right direction. Unlike our leader.
Unlike our leaderS
We have to keep ourselves in the love of God and trust His plan for our broken world. God is still in control no matter how bad it gets and whilst the truth is called a lie and sin is called virtue life isn’t as fragile as it is for Christians in other places. This is not our home. It doesn’t depend on us. God is working His purposes out.
Spot on Mr Macpherson.
Although it might be too late to step back from the edge at this point. 2 Thess 2 10-12 tells us of the consequences of loving not the truth … ‘God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie’… the self-inflicted, God-sent strong delusion where mutilating babies in the womb is called healthcare, children are confidently told they can change genders on a whim and that men can get pregnant, that marriage is not the sole preserve of one man and one woman and where society’s worship of the creature over the creator impacts political, economic and academic decision making.
The love for truth - or more importantly THE truth found in the person of Jesus - has long been rejected in favour of individual truths and subjective morality. And so we find ourselves trapped in a deception of our own making. Is there any stronger delusion than believing a man can become a woman? And more importantly, is there any coming back from such a position of self imposed judgement?
There’s hope
Yes Rosemary - my hope is in the God who created the heavens and the earth and all that dwells therein. I am so thankful that He reigns over all and especially that He cares for me! Thank you Jesus. 🙏
Amen brother
Wow James, Wow. So very well said. Thank you!