But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not become partners with them; for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you." - Ephesians 5:3-14 (ESV)
In the world of MAGA fake pastors, Shane Idleman is at the top of the boot licking list. It is a shame really that this once gospel-centric rising star of Evangelicalism has taken the NAR dominionist route, I assume for relevance and expediency. As such, he has spent the years since COVID doing the bidding of his masters in the Republican Party and trying to wrap Jesus around it to make a pig sound pious. For background on how we got here, I want to take us back a few years to when I feel God was really testing the growing NAR tendrils within the church that was going apostate. In 2012, God made sure the choice for President of this country was a no-brainer. On the one hand you had a liberal Christian. Husband of one wife, father to two children. Certainly not the best conservative choice and certainly no Republican. The other choice, however, was a Mormon. Based on what we believe, Mormonism is a Satanic cult. It was founded by a pedophile bigamist who had 33 wives, the youngest of which was 13. He claimed that he had found golden tablets upon which was written a new gospel, in the woods behind his upstate New York house in the 1800s. Even the bible explicitly says he should be accursed. Now, Mitt Romney has always been a likeable fellow, but he is a direct descendant of one of the founding apostles of Mormonism and he donates 25% of his vast wealth to the cause of this false church. There could not be ANY scenario that a Christian should have cast their vote for him on general principle. Yet, Franklin Graham removed Mormonism from the Billy Graham Association list of cults in the runup to the election and the NAR machinery demanded that church folk vote for the Satanic cult member. Vote they did.
Fast forward to 2016 and God upped the ante by ensuring the least Christian man ever, became the GOP candidate. A playboy known for his pro-choice history and penchant for bankruptcy, infidelity and divorce. Yet that same NAR dominionist machine, at the behest of the Republican Party did all they could to turn the "grab women by the genitals" guy into Mother Teresa. Suddenly there were Christian leaders swearing he was saved, or a baby Christian, or the second coming of King Cyrus, or that he had a Deborah mantle with an Elijah anointing. This is not hyperbole. This was what we were fed for the entire 2016 election and the church came out in record numbers to give Trump the victory. Then despite a horrific presidency, they voted for him again in 2020 as all of the NAR prophets assured us God said he was going to win reelection. Except he didn't. He lost by seven million votes. Since then, we have had to endure the constant nonsensical whining of a defeated man swearing everything that ever goes against him is somehow rigged. So, we come to this year and that man is facing over 90 felony counts across four different trials. The first one of those trials just concluded with a resounding jury verdict of guilty on all 34 counts against the former president. Amidst the dangerously stupid declarations against our justice system, I expected the apostate church leaders to come out in unison as well, but things have been relatively silent until the above linked article today from Idleman. So let us reason once more beloved for our Lord Jesus Christ and not the political masters of this carnal world that Shane Idleman continues to serve.
'"How can you follow Jesus and Donald Trump?" Many are not following a man; they are shaping a movement. A better, biblical question to be asking is this: What direction is the country heading? The short answer to the original question is "Absolutely, especially after a sham trial that resembles Venezuela more than America."' - Shane Idleman
Taken straight from the Trump playbook, Shane tries to start by switching the narrative. It is a completely fair questions for Christians to ask. How can you follow both Jesus and the now 34-time convicted felon? Shane can pretend all he likes that this is really a movement, but we all know this is a cult of personality. Whenever Trump goes away, for whatever reason, we will see that no one will be able to simply step into his place. Not little Marco, lying Ted, low energy Jeb or bird-brain Nikki. There is no movement. The reason why Shane desperately wants you asking about the country and not the man is because the man has been convicted of 34 felonies and this was the "weakest" of his four trials. The reason why Idleman is throwing shade at the trial is because his masters have told him to. Venezuela? Don't fall for the utterly moronic rhetoric. What happened in NYC was our system, not Venezuela. Trump was treated like any other citizen, albeit with utter kid gloves. You can bet if you or I ignored the judge's rulings to the tune of ten contempt citations that we would be in jail today. He was convicted by 12 of his peers, selected by his attorneys. You can bet your bottom dollar if they had acquitted, he would be praising the system and the jury. Instead, Idleman defames them and denounces our system simply because he does not like the outcome.
"If a leader lacks Christian character but is pointing the nation back to God, is that a bad thing? If they are being a terror to terrorists and making America secure, is that a bad thing? If they are honoring hard work and minimizing free handouts, is that a bad thing? If they are fighting the global agenda to enslave America, is that a bad thing? God doesn't judge a nation based on the character of one man; He judges it based on the spiritual health of its people"from corrupt Balaam to ungodly kings in the Old Testament"if they direct the people back to God, it can be a good thing." - Shane Idleman
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