In Parts One and Two, I detailed how America has chosen to turn away from the things of God to New Age religion and the wisdom of man’s legal system... thinking that if something was legal, it was also somehow moral. Nothing could be further from the truth. It would set the stage for what would come next... the lack of restraint. A growing lack of restraint is rapidly taking hold in America. It is fueled by the mainstream news media, Hollywood celebrities, mass-market magazines, entertainers, politicians, social media influencers, and even some so-called Christian churches who intend to deceive and manipulate people. But it goes even deeper than that… Increasing numbers of Americans do not want to be subject to the truth, rules, or laws and will resist any efforts to change their minds. American Faith & Freedom is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. They want no restraints on their behavior. Their mantra is “Do what thou wilt”. They don’t want to believe that there is a God to whom they will be held accountable for their actions one day. Instead, they worship at the altar of narcissistic self-love... They love themselves more than they love God and others. They want to do what they want when they want and to do it without restraint. They want to decide for themselves what is right and wrong. They have rejected the idea that God has authority over their lives. Since America’s founding, traditional family, government, and religious restraints have been in place. Over time, those restraints began to erode, first slowly and then suddenly. These traditional curbs on behavior are being cast aside in favor of “Do what thou wilt” ... a term coined by Church of Satan founder Aleister Crowley. The Lack of Restraint of Traditional Family Values The breakdown of the family in America began in earnest in the 1960s with then-President Lyndon B. Johnson’s so-called “War on Poverty”. The program was designed to create minority voter dependency on the Democrat Party for the non-stop continuation of welfare benefits. One consequence of this was the collapse of the family and the generational rise in fatherlessness due to welfare incentives. Research shows when a child grows up with no father in the home, the child is more likely to be poor, suffer emotional and behavioral problems, exhibit aggressive behavior, drink, become pregnant, abuse drugs, or go to prison. With each successive generation, it becomes more difficult to break the cycle. This past week, a video circulated on Twitter (X) that showed a school assembly featuring a drag queen teaching little girls aged four and five how to dance in a sexually provocative manner. If that was not disturbing enough, the audience was filled with parents and teachers who cheered and applauded what was happening on stage. The restraint of family is slipping away... The Growing Lack of Restraint of Government God puts governments in place on this earth to enforce His just laws. People who hate God and His truth want to elect do-nothing prosecutors and liberal judges. They want to defund the police. They want to remove any restraints on their behavior. As a result, many government agencies are filled with bureaucrats and elected officials who no longer seek to punish those who do evil but to penalize those who try to do good. Ignorant liberal do-gooders want any restraints of government to be removed so that “oppressed” people won’t have any consequences for their actions because it’s not the criminal’s fault they committed a crime. They want a government and court system that will call evil good and good evil to justify their own behavior. The United States government has gone from being a restraint to endorsing homosexual behavior by flying LGBTQ flags on America’s embassies around the world. The federal spending website lists payouts filtered using the keyword LGBT. That list included 1,181 grants, 31 loans, and nine direct payments during the last three fiscal years. Grants that involved more than $1 million in individual payouts combined to cost taxpayers $3.7 billion, with many smaller grants uncounted. At the same time, the Federal government and many blue state governments now actively enable, promote, and fund abortion on demand. Any restraint by government is fast slipping away... The Lack of Restraint of the Church Sadly, the neutering of the church is coming, not so much from the outside but from inside the very “church” itself. Up until the 1920s, most Christian churches were preaching one thing… biblical truth. Now, so-called evangelical pastors are more likely to teach worldliness that amounts to a deceptive, perverted gospel. They teach “God is love” rather than a just God to whom one day we all will be held accountable. Their “cotton candy” sermons focus on things like social justice, church growth, personal stories, doing good works, and how to have a better life now… not the truth of scripture and the need for repentance. A growing number of pastors are sadly silent on issues like abortion, sexual sin, and homosexuality. But worse, many now promote these things. They host LGBTQ conferences, abandon pro-life positions, and bring drag queens into children’s ministries. They avoid teaching the whole counsel of God, don’t equip believers in their church for evangelism, and don’t defend the faith. Instead, they put on a show designed to fill the seats and collection baskets. One consequence of this manifested itself in the passage of the November 4th, 2023, Ohio ballot initiative #1. That initiative enshrined the murder of babies into its constitution. Exit polls showed that 25% of white Evangelicals in Ohio voted in favor of the pro-abortion amendment. If these so-called evangelicals had voted against the initiative, it would have never passed. This signals a disastrous shift in the thinking of many who think of themselves as “Christians”. If one is not going to learn about the restraint of conscience and morality in church, where in the world would it come from? Once the restraint of the church is completely gone, the consequences will be catastrophic... Sadly, many Americans have allowed themselves to be brainwashed by schools, the media, culture, slogans, and soundbites and have developed misinformed consciences. Paul’s first letter to Timothy refers to a misinformed conscience as one that has been “seared,” much like a piece of meat over a fire... “The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. 2 Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.” (1 Timothy 4:1-2) One’s conscience becomes seared as a result of continued, unrepentant sin that will eventually destroy their feelings of guilt. The pattern here is clear... Since the 1960s, America has foolishly gone from tolerance... to acceptance... to participation... and finally to the celebration of the demonic practices of sexual sin and child sacrifice... two things God hates. Next time... Part IV: Where We Are Headed If you are enjoying our posts, help us cover the expense of this blog by buying us a coffee! .
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