Spiritual Warfare: Spirit Warfare-When YOU Have Become The Enemy

Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Spirit Warfare-When YOU Have Become The Enemy

This is part one in a series on the power of words in both cause and affect.

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Imagine that there is no Heaven nor is there a hell and no religion too and that this is the only existance we have, does that not epitomize hell on earth? Yet this is the message of one of the most famous modern day songs, 'Imagine' by John Lennon. Here again we see the words, that we own no possessions and that we will have a brotherhood of man sharing all our goods with one another. When you look beneath the 'nice' wording you see quite clearly the Communistic Manifesto being subtly hidden beneath a nice tune.

Let us also look at the lyrics of 'The Internationale':

No saviour from on high delivers

No faith have we in prince or peer

Our own right hand the chains must shiver

Chains of hatred, greed and fear

E'er the thieves will out with their booty

And give to all a happier lot.

Each at the forge must do their duty

And we'll strike while the iron is hot.

Did the Russian people find their lot happier under the regime of Lenin and then Stalin? Or did they exchange one terror for a more horrifying state of existance which was just that, existance with no joy and no hope?

There can be no spiritual prosperity, when man can no longer think for himself but rather relies on a human system to do his thinking for him. What freedom is there if the individual can no longer make decisions for themselves and instead rely on governments any government to provide their needs for them? To hold this thought is to make man little more than 'collective thinkers' which blindly follows the crowd rather than use their own common sense or utilise their own unique gifts given from God above. When a people begin to rely on the government to do their thinking for them then the whole world is in trouble.

We have seen from history that Communism does not work for a man's mind or will cannot be subjugated by the chains of a theory which has proved itself evil for when one removes God from the picture man then is left to himself. Neither is capitalism working as only a few are able to climb the corporate ladder while others who though they may work fulltime cannot afford the basic necessities of life. Gaining money for money's sake will soon find the society that supports this theory morally bankrupt, and spiritually empty. As Alexander Solzhenitsyn once wrote, "Do not pursue what is illusory-property and position: all that is gained at the expense of your nerves decade after decade and can be confiscated in one fell night. Live with a steady superiority over life-don't be afraid of misfortune, and do not yearn after happiness; it is after all, all the same: the bitter doesn't last forever, and the sweet never fills the cup to overflowing." What then can bring us the much longed for peace which every man yearns for?

There will never be peace on earth until God deigns it so, therefore it is a useless endeavor to look for any one person to obtain this peace most especially a peace which comes at any price. We see in the annals of history where Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich Pact with Adolf Hitler, did it bring peace? There will never be true peace on earth simply because the fact is we are all sinners and it is only Jesus who can give us the peace which Scripture speaks of, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid."

As people of God we must become more aware of the power of words and look beneath the subtle nuances to the real meaning which is often hidden in the message. Such as these words from the famous author H. G. Wells, "Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo." Does this mean that in order not to be 'jealous' we should all lead immoral lives or applaud those who do? Or that Christians must remain silent in the face of evil? Neither should we think ourselves better than anyone else, therefore the best source to gain knowledge and understanding of human nature is through the Word of God, the Catholic Church and our great Saints. As we read in Jeremiah, "...For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD , "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart..."This is the fundamental question we must ask within our own hearts, do we seek God or goods? Do we seek to give of ourselves or gain for ourselves?

We see in recent events where relying on the nations government can lead to personal tragedy with untold consequences. When the people in the relevant regions were warned that they would be hit by hurricane Katrina many relied on the government to come to their aid IF they needed it. As we now know the people not only needed aid they soon became desperate for it, as the finger pointing began, yet why had so many continued their daily schedules as if nothing were amiss? Parents sent their children to school, many went to their places of employment, those who had elderly parents in nursing homes left them there. None of this was done because people did not care they simply put their loved one's and their lives in the wrong hands.

This way of thinking can lead to disastrous results as was seen in the tragic aftermath of hurricane Katrina, yet who elected a government to do our thinking for us? Or is it a case that many have begun to embrace the 'collective thinking' syndrome, where no-one is responsible for their own actions nor are they willing to take personal action in order to save their own families and friends. The real question to ask after this tragic experience is will people still rely on governments to save them? Or will they take their families safety as their own responsibility?

God did not create us on an assembly line, why then should we try and think as 'one' which is what the Communists tried to impose on their own people with disastrous results. It was also tried with Fascism once again with tragic results which brought untold misery to millions. Yet when we fail to think as individuals and embrace what everyone else is thinking and doing, how are we different from the communists and fascists?

The new fascism today is called toleration, everything under the sun must be tolerated. New laws are imposed where babies who are born with minor disabilities are aborted from their mother's wombs because they are not deemed 'perfect' enough. Where in some countries drugs are legal as laws go into affect to abort the babies of drug addicted people so they will not be a 'burden on society' yet the drug laws stay! Where pedophiles have begun their own political party so as to justify and place into law their own perverted way of life! It is the case that there are moves in many countries to recognise pedophilia as an illness much like alcoholics anonymous. Here though a person will not be condemned for the lust they feel for little children, pedophilia is not a lust it is an EVIL, yet we are seeing within many judiciary systems a 'sympathy' for the pedophile, and an outright contempt when protecting our most vulnerable citizens, our children.

If we think that this cannot happen, we need only look to those who support and applaud same sex marriages which is a mockery of the Sacrament of marriage and is an inherent disorder. As Pope Benedict XVI instructs the faithful in these words, "Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is more or less strong tendency ordered to an intrinsic moral evil, and thus the inclination itself must be seen as an objective disorder." Yet how many Catholics are willing to voice where The Church stands on this issue of active homosexuality? Or once again do our morals follow the collective thinking syndrome rather than the Church? Do Catholics also defy Scripture as they embrace 'toleration' for as we read in 1 Corinthians, "Do you not know that the unjust will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor boy prostitutes nor sodomites nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God."

Collective thinking is dangerous for at the heart of it lies the disintegration of man's dignity and right to Truth as revealed by God through the Teachings of the Catholic Church. Those who support and propagate 'toleration' when it comes to deviant behaviour have become prostitutes to the Catholic Faith as they spread the lie which began with the father of lies and not the God of Truth!