Conspiracy: A Biblical View, by Gary North - EntreWave

CONCLUSIONone's real enemies as dangerous and evil, but it is also thecourse of wisdom to see oneself as a sinner, differentonly to the extent that God's grace is operative in us. 5In contrast to those who hide in darkness because their deeds are evil(John 3:19), let us follow the commission Jesus gave to His disciplesconcerning open covenants openly arrived at: "Ye are the light of theworld. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men lighta candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it givethlight unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men,that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which isin heaven" (Matthew 5:14-16).What should our strategy be? At the very least, we ought to adopt thisas our political minimum, our non-negotiable demand: "My hand outof your wallet; your hand out of my wallet; no handouts from thegovernment; and handcuffs for the thieves."Offensive WeaponsYou can't beat something with nothing. The only thing that can defeata bad idea is a good idea. We have the best ideas. We have the Bible,the U.S. Constitution, and an understanding of freedom. Freedomworks. It produces abundance. Socialism produces poverty. It existsonly because Western capitalists and governments have subsidized itwith taxpayers' money. The Marxists have had to construct barbedwire defenses against people who would otherwise try to escape fromsocialist paradise.What we need to understand is that the conflict is not merely a matterof logic. It is a matter of faith. The enemy within our gates areincreasingly proponents of occultism. There is an alliance betweensecular humanism and outright occultism. This alliance goes back tothe beginning of time. In the West, it goes back to the Renaissance,something admitted by professional historians only since about 1964.This is why Christians are uniquely equipped to fight this battle. Theyknow that the weapons are spiritual. We need to put on the armor ofGod (Ephesians 6).It must begin with knowledge. This is why I have written a full-lengthstudy of the forces arrayed against us: Unholy Spirits: Occultism andhttp://freebooks.commentary.net/freebooks/docs/html/gnco/html/conclusion.htm (5 of 7) [5/26/2000 1:48:26 PM]