Clarification

I am increasingly certain that this time in which we live is a time God has appointed for clarification.

The sudden appearance of the word, and the concept, "post-truth" is doubtless part of that clarification.  In Christ, no distinction could be greater, and so more clarifying, than the one between "The Truth" He IS, and all that is not of Him.

God also seems to be clarifying to us righteousness, and its opposite.  Again, He's made that distinction clearer by letting unrighteousness grow increasingly manifest.  Particularly, increasingly manifest in our politics.

The brightness of greater light seems to have blinded some, who write off lies and unrighteousness as "just politics."  So in this time of backward and upside-down moral thinking, particularly in the Church, it's probably necessary to re-affirm the obvious: "politics" is man's device, and Truth and righteousness, God's.  The lesser is measured by the greater: man's ways by God's.

Our ways are measured by God's, and the clarity He is giving us at this time must be understood in that context.  He is giving us more light so our walk will more surely and closely follow The One Who IS "The Way."

So be it, Father !

What Has Christ To Do With Self-Deception ?

Christ is Who He IS.  That's what "I AM THAT I AM" means.

Our identity derives from His.  Acting in His Spirit, a Christian "puts on Christ," becoming one who is Who Christ IS.  Modifying the reality of our identity makes of a Christian one who Christ is not. 

This is a major problem for American Christians, many of whom choose to identify as "conservative Christians."

The problem is, first of all, that "conservative" is a political denominator.  Christians were led to so think themselves by politicians, and the politicians' followers in Christian "leadership:" not by scripture's affirmation.  Modifying their identity in this unscriptural ways, American Christians have foolishly chosen to take their identity from a deeply unChristian political faction, and its unrighteousness...rather than from Christ.

But the greater problem is that "conservative Christianity" modifies Christianity (and Christians) by a lie...contrary Christ's "Spirit of Truth."

"Conservative" Christians use that modifier to pridefully distinguish themselves from those they call "liberal" Christians.  By "liberal Christians," they mean those who don't believe the Bible is fully God-breathed, or Jesus' mother was not technically a "virgin," or Christ is not literally returning at God's appointed end-time, etc.

I leave it to any Christian who reads here: are such unbelievers in any sense "Christians" !?!?  Is it not a lie to denominate them so, in order to distinguish yourself from them ?  Isn't "Christian," unmodified, the express and complete distinction from "unbeliever" ?

What is the reality of "conservative" Christianity, except that it deceives Christians about who they really are ?