- From Jeremiah 7
God is a Progressive.
He is on the Right Side of History.
Compared to His vision for us, the modern American Left is stuck in the Dark Ages,
God wanted humanity to evolve into a highly dignified race that can exercise self-control. Our sinfulness and evil is rooted in our self-love; our unwillingness to put others first.
We must learn to tame our appetites if we are to ascend into the status of companions of God.
He gave us every teaching, law, commandment, grace, warning, reward, punishment. He was patient, and just. He pulled out all the stops and made it very clear, and actually . . . easy, for us. But we refuse.
God is a Progressive. Real human progressivism is built around dignity, honor, nobility.
The hymn America the Beautiful has a line "Confirm thy soul in self-control."
A free people, one that has been entrusted with the great gift of democracy, must elevate self-control to a very high place in our pantheon of virtues. You can't have freedom, and democracy, in a society that has little self-control. Self-control must be advanced regularly. It must be held up. We must measure all of our practices, our laws, our routines, against the question: "Does this promote self control"?
There may be warning signs, that we're falling short:
- Crime up
- Drug abuse up
- Divorce up
- Children out of wedlock up
- Personal savings down
- Mass shooters up
These are guidepoints, not that we need more laws, but that we need to check our values.
God moves us forward, to peace, fidelity, health, wellness, prosperity, freedom, dignity, honor.
But we have to listen to Him.
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