The things we have seen taking place in our country over the past several months have been troubling. We have seen how quickly things can change, how quickly freedoms outlined in our Constitution can be taken away. Freedom of speech can be shut down overnight for those who don’t agree with the politically-correct narrative.
We have seen freedom of worship curtailed and Christian speech banned in public arenas. Our freedom to operate legitimate businesses has been limited, or in some cases shut down altogether by government regulations or by riots and looting.
“The enemy has succeeded in perverting justice and in filling men's hearts with the desire for selfish gain. ‘Justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.’ Isaiah 59:14. In the great cities there are multitudes living in poverty and wretchedness, well-nigh destitute of food, shelter, and clothing; while in the same cities are those who have more than heart could wish, who live luxuriously, spending their money on richly furnished houses, on personal adornment, or worse still, upon the gratification of sensual appetites, upon liquor, tobacco, and other things that destroy the powers of the brain, unbalance the mind, and debase the soul. The cries of starving humanity are coming up before God, while by every species of oppression and extortion men are piling up colossal fortunes.” (Testimonies, Vol. 9, p. 11-12)
The things we have seen taking place in our country over the past several months have been troubling. We have seen how quickly things can change, how quickly freedoms outlined in our Constitution can be taken away. Freedom of speech can be shut down overnight for those who don’t agree with the politically-correct narrative.
We have seen freedom of worship curtailed and Christian speech banned in public arenas. Our freedom to operate legitimate businesses has been limited, or in some cases shut down altogether by government regulations or by riots and looting.
“The enemy has succeeded in perverting justice and in filling men's hearts with the desire for selfish gain. ‘Justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.’ Isaiah 59:14. In the great cities there are multitudes living in poverty and wretchedness, well-nigh destitute of food, shelter, and clothing; while in the same cities are those who have more than heart could wish, who live luxuriously, spending their money on richly furnished houses, on personal adornment, or worse still, upon the gratification of sensual appetites, upon liquor, tobacco, and other things that destroy the powers of the brain, unbalance the mind, and debase the soul. The cries of starving humanity are coming up before God, while by every species of oppression and extortion men are piling up colossal fortunes.” (Testimonies, Vol. 9, p. 11-12)
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