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Knowledge is power.*
Power is not knowledge.
Ironically, knowledge cannot be gained through power.
Nor can enlightenment or transformative inspiration be attained through power.
And neither can salvation be received through power.
Power is a tool and should not be abused or used against humanity.
*Francis Bacon
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The Bible consistently speaks against turning a blind eye to sin, teaching that ignoring wrong behavior, failing to correct a brother, or calling evil good goes against God's commands for accountability and love.*
Direct Commands to Address Wrongdoing:
Leviticus 5:1: States that if a person hears a public adjuration to testify and does not speak up, they bear their guilt.
Proverbs 24:11-12: Warns against holding back from rescuing those being led away to death, noting that God evaluates the motives behind our inaction.
Matthew 18:15: Instructs believers to go and point out a fault privately if a fellow believer sins against them.
Warnings Against Complicity:
Isaiah 5:20: Declares woe to those who call evil good and good evil, turning darkness into light.
Proverbs 28:23: Notes that whoever rebukes a person will later find more favor than one who flatters.
Ephesians 5:11: Commands believers to take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead to expose them.
Balance and Self-Examination
Galatians 6:1: Advises that if someone is caught in a sin, those who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently, while watching themselves so they are not tempted.
Matthew 7:3-5: Teaches believers to first remove the log from their own eye before trying to deal with a speck in someone else's eye.
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The Bible cautions against assisting, inciting, or encouraging others to sin, with key passages found in Luke 17:1-2, Romans 1:32, and Ephesians 5:11.
These scriptures demonstrate that supporting or endorsing wrongful acts bears moral significance before God.*
Causing or Tempting Others to Fall:
Luke 17:1-2: Jesus affirms that temptations to sin are unavailable, yet he warns that it is heinous for the individual who causes others to stumble, emphasizing that it is preferable to have a millstone tied around one's neck and be cast into the sea.
Romans 14:13: Paul exhorts believers not to place a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother or sister.
Sharing in the Guilt of Others:
Romans 1:32: Paul condemns those who not only indulge in sinful conduct but also approve of others who do so.
1 Timothy 5:22: Advises leaders to exercise caution in the laying on of hands, avoiding participation in the sins of others, and maintaining personal purity.
2 John 11: Warns that anyone who welcomes or supports a false teacher becomes complicit in their wicked deeds.
Avoiding Participation in Darkness:
Ephesians 5:11: Urges believers to abstain from the unproductive works of darkness, and instead, to expose them.
Habakkuk 2:15: Declares a woe upon anyone who causes their neighbors to drink to intoxication in order to gaze upon their shame.
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*From Google AI Search
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Key Verses on Complicity:
1 Timothy 5:22: "Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, and do not share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
"Proverbs 29:24: "The partner of a thief hates his own soul; he hears the curse, but discloses nothing.
"Romans 1:32: "Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them."
Ephesians 5:11: "Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.”
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"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
We are endowed by our Creator with unalienable rights that cannot be stripped away.
We are also blessed at birth with the fruit of the Spirit, which cannot be vanquished unless you yourself vanquish it.
For “the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.”
- Galatians 5:22-23
We were made wholly free of original sin through the sacrifice of Christ, and we become separated and broken from Christ, the Holy Spirit, our original self, and humanity when we forsake and commit crimes of sin.
The sinful delude themselves into believing that being able to cause harm, destroy people in brokenness, is more powerful than innocence, wholesomeness, unbroken by sin. But how can broken pieces be greater than the whole?
How can anyone see clearly through the broken prism of a diaspora of maladies in fear, hate, and sin?
No one can take from you the fruit of the Spirit, the essence of you, within you, without your consent.
Therefore, even if someone tries to change you, you cannot be changed unless you allow it.
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Even if the knowledge of eudaimonia were revealed, those who are not visionaries would not perceive or understand it.
Even if the blessings of salvation were bestowed, those who are not believers would not accept or embrace it.
Even if the light of the world were to emerge, those without hope or living in fear, hatred, and darkness would only seek to destroy it.
Even if the most intelligent or powerful individual were to succeed within unstable paradigms, inevitable destructive ruin would be the only result.
Even if Caesar could conquer the world, eventually his mortality would claim him, reducing him to dust and unholy damnation.