Wisdom Respects Truth

John Kerry recently told the truth: he and John Edwards have better hair than Bush and Cheney. It was a welcome relief to the constant barrage of half-truths and demagoguery streaming from the liberals. I cannot understand how, with good conscience, any of them can accuse someone else of lying, as their platform is founded on the lie of humanism. But since the conscience of a liberal is not based in Christian moral law, but rather trained by what is expedient in their view of things, maybe they are honestly wrong in what they are doing.

They have constantly accused Dubya of lying about Iraq, when all the evidence indicates that Bush was convinced, as was Bill Clinton, that Iraq was one of the major participants in the campaign of terror directed against the Western world. Misstatement of facts is not lying, if there was no intention to deceive. Lying, from the moral perspective, involves the willful intent to give false witness, and ignorance is an accepted excuse for giving wrong information. Ignorance does not make one a liar. I have seen no evidence that Bush willfully lied about Iraq. I see no evidence that George W. Bush is a liar.

However, the willful practice of demagoguery by the liberals involves lying. Demagoguery is the constant public statement of untruths or half-truths designed to arouse people by appealing to their base motives. Rabble-rouser is another name for a demagogue, and the world is full of them. We are witness to the worldwide practice of attacking Americans because we dared to use force in the pursuit of justice. The world is full of people who are willing to stand aside in support of their belief in nonviolence and let evil people enslave the world. They are a mob led by lying rabble-rousers, and Michael Moore is one of their chief propagandists.

Jesus said that the existence of righteousness in this world would produce conflict with the ungodly. The truth is that there is a battle raging between good and evil, and everyone is on one side or the other in this battle. There is no room to stand aside and be a spectator. Everyone is actively engaged. The Bible teaches that all of us are servants, either to Satan to do evil, or to Jesus Christ to do good.

Some people have difficulty knowing which side they are on. Let me give you some hints. The murder of unborn children is on Satan's side. The effort to destroy the Christian influence in our society is on Satan's side. The support of same sex marriages is on Satan's side. The willful intent to mislead people is on Satan's side. The idea of robbing some people to give to others is on Satan's side. The idea of rewarding people for living worthless lives is on Satan's side. And the list continues.

Do you want to be on the right side and support truth? Then put your trust in Jesus Christ. He is righteousness and truth. There is no fault in Him, nor in those who are washed clean by His blood, because His righteousness and sacrifice have purchased the pardon for all who come to Him in faith, and are part of His body.

There is fault with both Democrats and Republicans, so we cannot put our trust in either. But we should be able to discern which side is supporting godly principles at this time. It is more obvious today than at any time in my life. When a political party adopts as its foundation the support of every ungodly practice imaginable, and selects the most liberal Senator as their candidate, good hair is not enough. We need good character in our nation’s leaders, and support for godly principles. The choice seems obvious to me, if we forget selfishness and consider the future direction of our nation. We are choosing between opposing evil and accommodating evil.

Pray for our nation, that righteousness and justice may prevail, that God’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven. We need to stand for truth and righteousness. That would be wise.