White is Black?

According to Websters the following can be found; Black= Dark, Dark= dull, Dull= colorless, Colorless= Pale and Pale= White.

So if you follow this through, the world according to Webster, believes that Dark is white.

I imagine this is not news to any of you. This is Satan's Logic, a twisted, weird, untrue, logic. He has many followers who believe this line of "Logic"

Philippians 4:8

New Living Translation (NLT)

" And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. "

So you see, there is the REAL definition of White: "....truth, honorable, right, pure, lovely and admirable." I believe the first word: "Truth" sums all the other ones up pretty well.

Satan has us, the humans, believing that black is white, and white is black, that up is down and down is up.......How did we get so mixed up? Easy, we allowed our thinking to be turned on it's head.
See the key word there, "Allowed"? We gave in, waved the white flag, turned the ball over, let our guard down, however you want to say it, we believed in what Satan has been telling us. "It's OK, it's just a "white lie", God want hold that against you, Everyone does it, so what's the harm?, All the "Cool" kids are doing it, don't you want to fit in or do you want to be "Unpopular?".

Satan is very effective at what he does. He is patient, he knows just how to get to us, he knows our weakness'.

I hate to tell you, but if you did not know, Black is NOT White, and up is not down, and east is not west...................There is a right and there is a wrong. God instilled this in everyone of us, yet we have allowed satan , in this world, to challenge that. Satan wants us to question everything, "Why, must we serve only One God? Who says there is only one way to Heaven, through Jesus? I was made to love another man, not a woman, it is just the way I am", Everyone cheats on their taxes, employer, wife, ...... why shouldn't I?, It is not fair that "THEY" make more money then me, I am just going to take some of their stuff to balance things a little" These are thoughts that satan has put into our brain, because we have stopped listening to God. If we are listening and communing with God, then we won't even hear the voice of that puny little slimy snake, satan.

Right is Right and Wrong is Wrong, that is the way God, Jehovah, set it up and that is the way it will always be. Just as God separated the night from the day, He also set up a moral right and wrong.

It seems "everyone" lies these days. If you lie to protect someone, or because you don't want to hurt someones feelings, then it's OK? Isn't truth, truth, with no middle ground? I have a Gay neighbor who asked me one time if I personally thought he was living in sin because of his lifestyle. I said: "Yes", but I also said that he was still my friend. We watched football games together., shared a lot of the same interests. He moved a few months ago, and I do miss him, he was a pretty neat guy. He knew where I stood on his "lifestyle", because he told me and I answered him honestly. He introduced me to a couple guys he had been dating a few times, and would always say: "This is my neighbor and friend, Chris, who doesn't approve of our lifestyle, but he is a cool guy" This usually got us into a conversation about the "Gay Gene" and if it is something they are just born with, or choose. Many interesting conversations.


You see, yes there is right and there is wrong, but that doesn't mean we have to put up a wall and a sign that reads: "Only Christians allowed". How will those who are allowing satan to control their lives know there is a far better way, unless we tell them? And really the best way to tell them is to show them. Live Godly lives, let them inspect every part of your lives, because when you declare your a Christian, they will, believe me. Let them see, not a perfect man, but a man who is trying, through Jesus Christ, to live a sinless life.

How do we not get mixed up in this total lie that satan is dishing out? Look above at the scripture, go ahead it is at the top of the page I'll wait. What does Paul, in his letter to the church at Philippi tell us to fix our thoughts on? Truth, honorable, right, pure, lovely, and admirable. What is the only thing that has ALL of these? Jesus. So, basically, Paul was telling us to think of the things of God, and His son Jesus, and nothing else.

Just because we are friendly to someone we don't agree with, does not mean we condone their lifestyle. How will the world know us? They will "Know us by our love". NO, this does not mean they will know us ONLY by our love for each other, it also means they will know us by our love of them, right or wrong, God loves everyone He made, so why shouldn't we?

So, I am sorry Mr. Webster, but White is White, and Black is Black. Sin is Sin, and Truth is Truth. There are many dying in this world because they get this mixed up. We don't need to separate ourselves from them, just from their sin, we need to go into all the world, and show them there is a difference.

I must acknowledge this comes from a sermon by Rev. Sam Rijfkogel, July 2001 at GT Austin in Austin Texas. I was not in attendance, but I have notes from someone who was. I wish I had been there, this is such a good message. Thank you, Mary, for taking time to share this message with me.