Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

A true test of separation of church and state can be found in not allowing the gospel to become political.

A simple search for pride in my search engine brings me to this proverb and with good reason.

Taking pride in what we are keeps us from becoming what God has planned for us.

Romans 9:22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Pride hangs on to the old life and refuses to repent.

Mark 1:15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

Pride refuses the Lord’s rule. The proud are a kingdom unto themselves.

Luke 19:27 But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me.

Pride denies the parable, denies the Son and refuses to be changed.

Matthew 10:33 but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

Pride is the great denier. 

That isn’t political, that is gospel.

Jeremiah 50:6 “My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold.”

I would like this offering to be for those who hate being told they are lost.

People do not understand that they have been led astray and they are no longer with the God that created them. Who did that varies because of the agendas of those who want to control you, your thoughts, and your behaviors.

You will look around and see others that will tell you that you are one of them. You are not alone. That is true of any prisoner. Prisoner for this purpose is to be defined as being kept from being safe in the arms of a loving God.

Isaiah 64:5 You meet him who joyfully works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?

Sin is what has separated us from our loving God.

Matthew 1:21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

Do not say “I am not Jewish” as an excuse.

John 15:22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

No one likes to have their sins called out in public. Politics has even gone so far as to make sin legal. This is not a civil matter, it is about the poisoning of the soul.

John 3:19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.

If these words offend you, look around and ask yourself the most important question anyone can ask; “Where am I, and how did I get here?”