The pastor....the minister.....the theologian of any variety....needs to ask himself this question. Let me set the question up....you at bare minimum are aware of what is in the news. You may not be a political person....but you would have to be tone-deaf not to at least be aware of what is happening in the Republican Party over Representative Liz Cheney. (Along with Adam Kinzinger and many others) It's not complicated....as the powers that be in the party are trying to force her out of public life. Now....you also know that when these powers that be stand up in their committee meetings or conferences or whatever....and they demand punishment for Liz Cheney for having the audacity to oppose what is going on in the party....as absurd and atrocious as that demand is....that none of the lower-level party members are going to object at all....because....and this is important pastor....they are afraid of repercussions that may harm their own political future.
OK.....now....how does this concern you? You know.....all of you know....that politics cannot save us. There is not a one of you that would not agree to that statement. You all also are aware of the fact that too many....probably even a majority of people sitting in your pews....are lost in this very problem that you just admitted to being aware of! Now here is the kicker....that republican in the above paragraph....that lower-level party member congressperson....who in fear of losing their job.....sits back and watches.....(they do not have to join in....just sit back)....as unrighteousness triumphs....that republican....that lower-level leader.....is you....as you know very well that the people in your congregation....under your care.....need warned...have been taken.....and lured away from hope in Christ....but you refuse to do it.
For five years now you have refused to warn your flock....even as a genuine biblical false prophet ravaged the church. You sit back and act as if you are not even aware of what is going on....because to warn the sheep that you are supposed to be looking out for....would mean that you might find yourself in a similar precarious position as the lower-level republican leader who if they speak out would themselves be targeted....so you try your darndest to avoid the subject....lest you somehow might be forced to make a stand.
Your king is coming pastor....warn the sheep....pull them in....if God is for you....who could be against you? Will you not remind them to...."be all the more diligent"....to check the oil in their lamps....and to keep their eye on Jesus.....to watch out for wolves in sheep's clothing....or to at least be careful not to put our hope in princes and power....but to trust in our glorious Lord and Savior and coming King Jesus Christ?
"Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they be put out of the synagogue; for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God." (John 12: 42, 43 NKJV)
