Conspiracy: A Biblical View, by Gary North - EntreWave

CONCLUSIONCONCLUSIONIf they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity oftheir fathers, with which they trespassed against me, andthat also they have walked contrary unto me, and that Ialso have walked contrary unto them, and have broughtthem into the land of their enemies; if then theiruncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then acceptof the punishment of their iniquity: then will I remembermy covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant withIsaac, and also my covenant with Abraham; and I willremember the land (Leviticus 26:40-42).The will to ethics is the first stage. If you will not act morally in termsof the information you have been given, then you are a bystander, andnot an innocent bystander. Much is expected from those to whommuch has been given (Luke 12:48).The will to resist is the second stage. Satan and his host, bothsupernatural and earthly, have a strategy based on a myth: thesovereignty of anything except God. To persuade people of thevalidity of this myth, they have adopted the tactics of the powerreligion. They squash people who get in their way. Not everyone getssquashed — the enemies of God are not omnipotent, after all — butsome people. They make it seem as though they can squash anyoneand everyone, if they ever choose to do so. They use a combination ofdeception and terrorism to achieve their goals. Thus, the propercounter-measure is to learn the truth and to resist evil.This decision must be made before getting involved in any long-termprogram of self-education; if it isn't, self-education can easily becomean exercise in self-paralysis and eventual psychological escape. Themore a partially committed person learns about the influence of theenemy, the more he grows convinced of the enemy's omnipotence.Too much insight into the workings of the opposition paralyzes weakinvestigators. This is why I seldom recommend that someone begin adetailed investigation of occultism; there ought to be a legitimate"need to know." One or two books on the topic should be sufficient,http://freebooks.commentary.net/freebooks/docs/html/gnco/html/conclusion.htm (1 of 7) [5/26/2000 1:48:26 PM]