2015 May 24 Streaming
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Satan has two main portals of attacks on humankind. They are religion and politics. These portals are his key avenues of desensitization to the person of Christ. Why? Because out of these two the spirit of fear easily captures the hearts and soul/minds of humankind for security, freedom, identity, value, worth and a sense of control.
We have look at Religion so now let’s take a look at Politics.
Here are some definitions of Politics;
: the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power and control.
: a particular set of political beliefs or principles.
: activities that relate to influencing the actions and policies of a government or getting and keeping power in a government.
Politics at its root has the same fear based. Everyone who lives in fear has put hope and trust in a political system! They are looking for the system to provide the answer! Because of desensitization humans are steeped in Political hope.
This statement was written about the idea of politics. Very interesting comments.
“politics is the process of plotting and scheduling of legitimate power and positioning individuals in authority to influence others within a geographical location.”
“by political definition, morality involved principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong…”
The word Politics is not used in the Bible. It only used in the New Testament. But word government is used several times:
NOTE: Government vs Politics
Government refers to the group of people that run the country. On the other hand, politics refers to the process followed by the leaders of political groups who rule the country. As a matter of fact, the path of the government is free from the interference by the common man. On the other hand, politics has the involvement of the common man to a greater extent. This is one of the main differences between government and politics.
Simple working definition: Men who are elected or appointed to run things (government) and the political process that group (those elected or appointed) uses to run things.