Defiance

“Defiance” is a term that packs a punch and in the case of the masses it is a great noun which depicts a rebellion against God. It literally means; open resistance; bold disobedience. A word that could be easily interchangeable in today’s society would be “modern”. Model Family a TV program that shouts defiance with all it represents. Modern in place of obedience. Do not be fooled into believing that random exists, that would be a lie. We are either for God or against Him, period!

Defiance! It’s not as if it is a new phenomenon, from the beginning it’s a word factored into many equations resisting the will of God. Lucifer and one third of heaven's angels and then Eve in the garden followed by Adam. From there a downward spiral as we head towards the culmination of the flood. A time when the thoughts of men were consistently evil. God put on the backburner so that mankind could entertain their lusts. After the purge where only eight souls survived the earth was once again replenished, it didn’t take long for sin to once again spiral out of control. Its greatest masquerade is to appear as light when in fact it is darkness. It’s a popular thing to be cool, we are told to get with the program, get on the bus, or move out of the way because we are still leaving in the dark ages. The definition of darkness is the absences of light. God is light! In other words sin has nothing to do with the ways of God, it lives on the opposite extreme. We are fallen creatures by nature and all because of the influence of sin and the way it dictates. Exemption is unheard of, no matter how sneaky an individual may be, deep down we are governed by the power of sin. However, the Christian is now a new creature in Christ and have so many aids at our disposal, the storerooms of the grace of God, the ability to run toward the light, we have a Shepherd that has conquered sin and all its hidden snares, the Lord Jesus Christ has conquered Satan and all of sins warriors. He overcame in a body like ours, flesh and blood was his home for 33 years. He was tempted like us all yet without yielding to sin. The Christian must latch onto His victory and not focus so much on our failures and then resolve to live in the light where there is no darkness. How privileged we all are and all because of the goodness of God. A God who so loved those trapped by sin, has freed us in Christ, but let us never forget what it cost him to purchases our freedom, his life!

Defiance is what lives in plain sight and no one is willing to speak out, “hate speech” is now high on the agenda of all in power. But what of the haters of God? There day is coming and they will stand before his judgment seat.

God has preordain a plan for creation, and it will play out in accordance with His will, regardless of the opposition faced. Of this I am convinced. But how has “defiance” now looked to soften the blow of God’s will for the believer. It is the believer I address, beware of the darkness that parades as light. This is what I see as clear as day; “Christian communities” looking in defiance to contradict the Word of God. It’s one thing when the open haters come at us that is to be expected. However when the “church” begins to buckle under the pressure of sins defiance, then we are in serious trouble. We need to remain faithful unto the end, period! God is the same, yesterday, today and tomorrow, so too is his Word immovable, it remains constant. 

Evolution or the big bang theory has its origin from darkness. And those inclined to lean towards that theory have already been handed over in a sense. The evidence is obvious, read Romans 1. There is only one truth that we must latch onto and that is the finished work of Calvary, which is anchored by the WORD OF GOD! There is so much paraphernalia surrounding the Christian that operates behind an unseen realm, the war behind the curtain which our carnal senses aren’t privy to, however we are instructed to walk by faith and that needs to be fuel by the Word of God, that which we can see.

Signing off

Tyrone