| Yep, that's right. Ideas cause war. Let me explain. | | | | common. They will only have the patience to |
| People have blamed many things for war; and they | | | | persuade others of the correctness of their core |
| have many solutions regarding bringing about world | | | | values as long as they have no might to force others |
| peace. You know the drill. A new world order is just | | | | into their belief system. As soon as they gain enough |
| around the corner. We have to band together as one | | | | military power or political clout, they will begin to |
| people in order to stop war, and save the planet. If | | | | force people into their belief system. |
| you are not part of the solution, then you are part | | | | Look around you. Where ever you find a war, you |
| of the problem. Blah, blah, blah. | | | | will find a clash of ideas that have become core |
| Oh really? I have news for the one worlder's and | | | | beliefs. These beliefs or values may or may not be |
| their idea of a global community that is going to save | | | | called religion, but that is what they are. Whether it is |
| the world - as my daddy used to say, 'It ain't a | | | | a form of collectivism or something specifically called |
| gonna work.' Here's why. | | | | a religion, the core values or beliefs of different sects |
| It is impossible to force all people to stop thinking at | | | | or nations is exactly the place from which comes |
| the same time. It is even more impossible to force all | | | | war. |
| people to think exactly the same thing at the same | | | | To seek to bring about world peace through a new |
| time. Even the most thinking challenged among us has | | | | world order is a vain attempt to take the focus off |
| an idea occasionally. These ideas translate into a set | | | | the real problem, which is separation from God |
| of core values. The core values control how the | | | | because of the sin nature of mankind. |
| person reacts and acts to the world and events in | | | | This means any ideas apart from God's truth are |
| their lives. | | | | doomed to failure. They are also destined to bring |
| For those who prefer not to think, they can always | | | | additional pain and suffering upon the human race as |
| find ideas someone else has already thought up and | | | | a whole as well as the individual. |
| just use those as their own set of core values. | | | | The only idea that will bring some relief to the |
| Core values translate into RELIGION. That's right. | | | | suffering of mankind now, and provide an eternal |
| RELIGION. Deeply held beliefs ARE religion. That's all | | | | solution, is the truth that is found in the teaching of |
| religion is. It is just something someone believes. We | | | | the Bible. |
| can name a lot of 'religions' such as Christianity, | | | | If you want to bring about a better world, your |
| Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and more. These | | | | efforts must begin with Jesus Christ. You are free to |
| are commonly known as religions. | | | | accept Jesus or reject Him. Those to whom you |
| However, there are other deeply help beliefs such as | | | | preach are also free to accept Him or reject Him. |
| humanism, communism, socialism, collectivism, fascism, | | | | Forced conversions are no conversion at all. |
| Nazism, and more. The ideas that make up collectivist | | | | Imagine a world in which everyone really does love |
| groups become religions. | | | | one another the way Christ loves us. Imagine a world |
| Judaism and Christianity began with TRUTH as | | | | in which everyone is willing to lay down their lives for |
| revealed by God Almighty. Throughout the ages, | | | | their friends. Consider this as a figurative sacrifice |
| many people have taken the truth in the Bible and | | | | where the individual is willing to lay down his or her |
| based their own core values and deeply help beliefs | | | | own desires in order to better care for their families |
| on the truth of God. | | | | and loved ones. That takes such a sacrifice out of |
| Reason leads thinking people to the conclusion that | | | | the realm of the unlikely area of physically dying into |
| design proves a designer. The Designer is God, who | | | | the daily sacrifice of living for the good of someone |
| has revealed Himself to the world in many way, but | | | | else. |
| specifically through His written word. | | | | This sort of personal sacrifice cannot be forced. It |
| Other ideas begin with some false premise, or from | | | | must come from the heart. But, THAT is the idea |
| 'the seat of their pants'. (Another saying from my | | | | that can change the world. |
| dad) That means they just made it up from a whim, | | | | A truly 'perfect world' cannot be built by our efforts, |
| or from reasoning from a human view point, or from | | | | or even the efforts of the most Godly and |
| an ego the size of Dallas, or from a greedy heart, or | | | | dedicated people. True perfection can only come |
| from a jealous heart. All these have one thing in | | | | when Jesus Christ Himself comes as the King. |
| common. They rebellious ideas, because they are in | | | | However, the world CAN be improved by working to |
| opposition to the Truth of God. | | | | see that the Gospel is preached in all parts of the |
| These false religions have something in common. | | | | world. This is done through preaching the Gospel by |
| They have a basic belief that you can force | | | | how you live your life, and by global missionary |
| someone to have the same set of core values that | | | | support. |
| you have. This is impossible. It is possible to make | | | | The 'idea' of a world savior was fulfilled in Jesus |
| someone pretend to believe something in order to | | | | Christ. Christ is superior to an idea conceived in the |
| stay out of trouble, but there is no way of actually | | | | mind of a man. He is reality. He is the Way, the |
| reaching into the heart of the individual and 'making' | | | | Truth, and the Life. In Jesus Christ, peace between |
| him or her believe anything. | | | | God and the individual is possible. This allows peace in |
| These false religions also have a lack of patience in | | | | the heart of the believer. |