Lyle's Blog

The good Samaritan, we all know the story. The priest and the Levite who passed by and ignored the plight of the man in the ditch knew the law; love God with all your heart, soul, and mind, and love your neighbor as yourself. It all amounted to parsing the words of the law by an expert in the law. Hence the question, who is my neighbor?

Fortunately for the man in the ditch, the good Samaritan didn’t know much about the law, but he did recognize his neighbor when he saw him. It’s noteworthy that the Samaritan was deemed pretty much worthless and unredeemable to the religious leaders who passed by on the other side. These were men so educated and smart that they lacked the ability to show pity. I’m sure they had better more noble things to do that day. Besides, time is valuable, and helping this nobody would require a lot of that precious time not to mention the money involved. On top of that, there was no one to witness the good deed, so obviously, no benefit would come from helping this nobody.

Yes, this story tells us our main responsibility is to look out for each other. We are to be that good Samaritan. However, the story is as much about the man in the ditch. Robbed, beaten, and left for dead, we have no firm idea who he was and neither did the good Samaritan. Maybe he was a good citizen, a family man, someone of high moral character, or maybe not. It’s certainly possible he was the opposite of all that. Maybe he deserved to be laying in that ditch.

If he was the latter then we have to consider that Jesus was telling us simply this, if you see a need then do something about it. It’s interesting that the good Samaritan did what he could at the scene and then put him on his own donkey, his own car. The guy was a dirty bloody mess. I don’t imagine the donkey got too dirty hauling this guy back to town but translate this to today, our car would get blood and dirt on the seat. Cleaning up after is part of the good deed.

To put the cherry on top of this good deed, the Samaritan takes him to a Comfort Inn, pays them to take care of his needs, and follows up with paying them for any extra they did when he returned. The Samaritan had things to do too just like the religious leaders. He had to go somewhere too, he was busy but not to busy to help his neighbor in distress. He helped him and then came back to make sure the man in the ditch was on the mend.

Our problem in this world but especially in this country, we’re neighbor specific. We’ve got to know the social messaging of the person needing help. Are they worthy of attention, of pity? America has arrived at a place where the self-righteous practitioners of woke religion are hostile to those outside of their dystopian teaching. Our young have been taught who to hate, who to pass by, and who to worship by government indoctrination centers. The school system teaches identity politics and we who live in reality are surrounded by an ever-increasing mob of intolerant mindless drones intent on our destruction.

Our job is to continually build what godless lunatics tear down. Like the Israelites in the book of Ezra rebuilt the temple of good. It eventually will be torn down again. The Church of Jesus Christ has been persecuted and torn down worldwide since its inception and now it’s coming to America. Our job is to seek and save the lost in the ditch, keep building and not worry so much about getting to the temple. There’s a lot of work along the way and it’s never finished from generation to generation. Till Christ returns there’s work to be done and much of it gets our hands dirty.

Fraud and corruption have been part of elections for years but it was when Al Gore took his loss all the way to the Supreme Court over “hanging chads” that protesting of election results became a passion for politicians, especially those of the Democratic Party. Well over a hundred times they’ve denied the results of being defeated.

Stacey Abrams still thinks she won over Kemp even though 50,000 votes separated them. Hillary along with her party persists to this day that Donald Trump’s presidency was illegitimate.

Now Democrats are shouting that if people vote for Republicans that democracy is over. We are in danger of losing our freedoms if people vote! Democrats have led the charge in the Covid lockdown which ruined our lives, are letting the most violent of criminals out with no bail, have allowed five million to illegally enter our country in less than two years, and collapsed the economy with their climate-change nonsense.

Joe Biden and his merry band of demented lunatics are the very definitions of tyrants, eliminating every freedom our constitution gave us. Opposing democrat policies is tantamount to sedition, and insurrection and any opposition is worthy of an indictment, any truth is Russian disinformation. And they wonder why only fools trust them.

I fully expect election results to be muddled and some races won’t be decided till democrats have had time to fondle the ballots, Like 2020 we’re supposed to believe that a majority in any state supports the collapse of our country. But the real reality may just bite them in the butt. People who have to work for a living know what’s going on. Inflation isn’t a word Republicans taught us as the media says; no it’s a real thing that affects people who don’t have a big bankroll. The Dems will get very violent if they actually lose. I’m ready, are you?

In 2020 President Donald Trump held rallies that drew thousands. There was even a 96-mile-long parade of cars for Trump between Tuscan and Phoenix. Joe Biden came and we witness a dozen people (masks on) in circles ten feet or so apart and a few cars in the parking lot. Ho hum. And we’re to believe Trump lost. Did we gain access to Dominion voting machines? I don’t believe so. Were supporting documentation that was supposed to be kept for two years destroyed a day before the audit? Huh. Kinda funny.

Katie Hobbs, secretary of state in Arizona, gets the same boring turnout Joe did. When confronted in a restaurant she runs to the restroom. No debate; not needed I guess. One of her main responsibilities is election integrity. Huh. So the criminal that handled the 2020 election and is now herself running for governor. How convenient. Her opponent, Kari Lake, has huge enthusiastic crowds just like Trump. I do hope Lake wins but I won’t be surprised if she doesn’t. This has been a well-planned coup. The democrats aren’t going to give anything back they’ve stolen.

Be ready when the FBI, IRS, or other government thugs come to your door. Die on your feet and tell your children to do the same.

The planned “limited” nuclear engagement with Russia kind of puts a damper on dreams of MAGA. Politicians many times say they trust the American people. So far every time we “win”, the Republican Party does its part to push us closer to the hole. If we win and they deport the criminals that crossed our border, impeach at least a hundred politicians, and then get rid of the Patriot Act maybe I’ll have a renewed sense of hope.

I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news. Which do you want first? We’ve probably all heard that before. Of course, if I say something then you have no choice in the matter. So I’ll just dish it out and be sure it’s salt-free.

Bad news comes our way first. But wait you say, is there any news that’s not bad? I’ll admit with the onslaught of unthinkable nonsense that’s shoveled our way every day, it’s hard to think of anything that tops the list of bad news. But there is; it’s called, Joe Biden is our president. Every day that’s the worst news. With the talk of nuclear war, it’s at best unsettling that we have people in charge even considering that scenario. But we do. A senile old man is running the most powerful country on earth; that’s bad news.

To be honest, that is not the most frightening thing to me. It is this, 40% or so of the population thinks he’s doing a great job. Joe does too. His supporters are just as delusional as he is. Looking at news from around the world we find everyone but us thinks the U.S. is a joke. I can’t blame them.

Good news? Ya, a lot of people are waking up and if the elections are honest then there is a whisper of hope. But as Stalin said, it matters not who votes it matters who counts them. Dominion is still counting them and I imagine the votes will be sent overseas to be tabulated.

The truth is out there and many are turning over. Blatant proud incompetency always arouses the little guy. This mobster regime means business, no isn’t on their agenda. So be ready little guy, mentally, physically, and spiritually. The Democrat Devil is mad. Satan wants to devour someone; don’t let it be you.

Kings come and kings go. We celebrate when a good king rules. Such was the case for Ezra. After Cyrus and Darius had facilitated the Jewish people’s return to their homeland and the rebuilding of their temple, Artaxerxes became the power behind Jewish existence. It was acceptable to be Jewish.

Nebuchadnezzar, after witnessing the power of God, issued a decree (Daniel 3:29) that every people, nation, and language which speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshack, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces and their houses shall be made a dunghill because there is no other God that can deliver after his sort.

King Darius (Daniel 6:26, I make a decree, that in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and steadfast forever, and his kingdom which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.

Artaxerxes (Ezra 7:29) And whosoever will not do the law of thy God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

God accomplishes his will through us; we are his workmen but we have to contend with the kings in power. We pray for our leaders not only to be saved but to enforce the will of God and his purpose on earth. For civil society to continue the penalty for sinful men must be severe. Kings exert their power to move men to live by the law. In both these cases, men were punished for not obeying God.

Today is no different. Our leaders are not perfect but they are kings and have power over us. We are crumbling into chaos and ruin because men do not obey the laws of God. The very basic laws against theft and murder are being ignored and encouraged by leaders who abandon civility for personal power.

Belshazzar was a king much like most kings, arrogant and overly consumed with his self-righteous power. He ignored the deterioration of his kingdom and was unaware of his imminent fall. He saw the writing on the wall but didn’t understand it. Our current batch of politicians worldwide are falling into that same trap. Belshazzar could have noticed the bands of soldiers surrounding his fortress, he could have noticed the river drying up but eat, drink and be merry was the rant of the day.

We shake our collective fist in the face of God and declare our independence from him. Our current President Biden is following in Belshazzar’s footsteps. Drunken on power and wine Belshazzar became a fool; Joe Biden is drunk on the same power but on the wine of dementia.

Joe refers to God as “you know, that thing”. President Trump said that the only one we bow a knee to is God. Two rather different thoughts, one not knowing if there is a thing called God and the other saying you’d better bow. Bowing is humbling. The kings Daniel dealt with were humbled either willingly or by God.

Donald Trump has been persecuted and only by the hand of God has survived every assault. The lawlessness in our country must be dealt with and it can’t be squelched without swift, harsh action. Brutal men now roam our streets thanks to the lawlessness of the Democrat Party.

Bringing our country back to civility will be by decree, it won’t differ much from the words of these kings of 2500 years ago.