The column in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 10-11-2009, by Bradley Gitz, professor of political science at Lyon’s College in Batesville, Arkansas, pointed out that the left hates individual liberty and freedom. Indeed they do and there are reasons for their attitude toward individuals.

Gitz wrote that the left hates capitalism; imposes political correctness on the people and our culture, to name a few of the topics he covered in his article. All of the notions of the left are an antithesis of biblical teachings and have a commonality to teachings found in the Bible. In short, the left hates any authority that isn’t of their doing. 

Jesus confronted the Pharisees for not following the law; they were imposing rules on the people outside of the Laws of Moses that they themselves didn’t follow. The Laws of Moses were the guide for the people which the Pharisees cast aside for their own rules. Doesn’t the left of today correspond with the behavior of the Pharisees?

God’s rules for living are unchanging since he is unchanging as James wrote in Chapter 1:17:  Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. God doesn’t change unlike the whims of men who want to curry favor their own gain. The guides for living were given so that we can live honorable and peaceful lives. There is freedom in the principles which give liberty to all who will follow them. That is what the left refuses to acknowledge since God’s principles and the teachings of Christ point out human behavior by teaching what is correct as well as teaching what is wrong. The left doesn’t like any rule that inhibits their behavior. Sin doesn’t exist and therefore nothing is wrong. Those who speak of sin and wrong aren’t politically correct.

Anyone who likes the liberty that God gives understands that there are moral and ethical bounds to behavior. The words of Jesus point out the boundaries for behavior and lay down the principles for godly living. The writings of Paul pointedly denounce sin of all kinds including homosexual conduct. The left hates anyone who speaks against perversion and they do so because they know such behavior is wrong. To say otherwise would require them to acknowledge that God is the ruler of the world and sets the bounds for behavior. Their pride and denial of God won’t allow them to humble themselves and admit they aren’t the powerful beings they pretend to be and in control of all they see.

Profit is a horrible word to the left. Those of that persuasion believe that profit is wrong. They refuse to listen to the word of God from the pen of James 4:13-15. He said that it is fine to go get gain (profit) but include God in the plans for profit. The adherents of the left believe that profit for one denies something to another who is just as deserving. So they pass laws that take from one and give to another under the guise of economic justice. Again, they refuse to believe that God has a teaching that covers the distribution of goods and earnings. 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 18  That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; (I Timothy 6:17-18)  The left can’t admit that the word of God has the answer for all of life.

Why does the left hate liberty?  The answer is easy. The left hates God and his ways because he takes away their power over others and empowers individuals to make their own decisions in life, thus in effect rendering the left useless. And in the final analysis, godliness has no place in the life of the left since it inhibits its love of power and perversion. 

© 10-11-2009 DEC