By: Bobby E. Mills, PhD America, love is without hypocrisy or hustling. Neither is God fooled or mocked. Individuals invariably reap what they sow. Therefore, “Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love: give preference to one another in honor.” (Romans 12: 9-10). Christian Right Evangelicals and Donald J. Trump have become professionals at dissimulation. Love is about helping others become better individuals, not bitter individuals, and the GOP has become a bitter cult, a Political Party without democratic values. The Bible gives us a perfect example of why it is as difficult for a rich man to go to heaven as it is for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. There are degrees of sin, but sin is sin. The Bible speaks of a Rich Man that had an encounter with Jesus. Jesus asked him many questions and he truthfully answered I have done all these things. Jesus replied “Sell all your worldly goods and follow me.” e Rich Man did not answer, he simply dropped his head, and walked away. Donald J. Trump is like the Rich Man in the Bible, except Trump has done none of the things The Rich Man in the Bible has done in obedience to the scriptures. Trump has absolutely no God conscience at all, because he believes that he can hustle God by selling Bibles with an American flag on the cover of the Bible. Trump does not love either God, Country, or Self. What a hypocrite, because: “A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is con dent. He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.” (Proverbs 14: 16-17). Sadly, the (73+) million Americans who voted for Donald J. Trump evidently believe that God is a divine Santa Claus that gives gi s without responsibility and accountability. e Prophet Samuel said it best: “Behold to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For […]
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