The “lesser of two evils”–on a slippery slope–reduces to utter chaos and travail. At some point on that slope, the Christian in particular, must step off before oblivion hits. At some point the realization must hit that within the current framework–whatever that is at the time–there must be a “redline,” which indicates that the most prudent thing to do is to jump off the slippery slope onto the solid ground of Christ’s kingdom. Canaan kept devolving, devolving, devolving, and on the logic of the “lesser of two evils” Christians would continue on with compromising, compromising, compromising, to the point that their convictions of two decades ago, for example, now look like the opposing party’s of that time. On a scale of “evil,” how can this approach consistently be one of a “lesser of two evils,” when the goal posts of evil are constantly being shifted and downgraded into something even more intense? Evil is evil. A compromise with evil is a compromise with death.
Amen.
The locusβ¦ the substance of all goodβ¦ the very manifest being of Godβ¦ must serve as the βredlineβ by which evil is also made manifest. Thereby, it is only in union with Christ Jesusβ¦ having our very being in himβ¦ that we may escape the deceptive and treacherous footing of a relative relationship with evil.
This poses very serious considerations when it comes to βchoicesβ regarding governmental representation by weak, flawed, and sinful humansβ¦
Let every person pray for the governing authorities, for there is no authority except by God; those that exist are put in place by Godβ¦ therefore pray, and be subject to the governing authoritiesβ¦ for rulers are not a cause of terror for a good deed, but for bad conduct. Do what is good and you will have praise from itβ¦ but if you do what is bad, be afraid, because Godβs servant does not bear the sword to no purpose. (cf. Romans 13:1-7)
Not easy times. The son’s of Issachar times. Christ’s times, indeed.
And amen, Richard, we only know evil because we first know the righteousness of Jesus Christ as that contradicts said evil.