WRONG is RIGHT?

What happened? Was I out for 5 minutes when everything changed? Didn't up used to be up and down .. down.. not the other way around?  And I am pretty sure too that WRONG is now the new RIGHT.
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Let's start with a few easy Wrongs declared Right from where I sit observing our society. 

• Crass is the new clever/cultured, 
• Profane is the new profound, 
• Gender is now a fluid state of being as we get to choose our 'preferred prounouns'. 
• Same Sex Marriage is the law of the land,
• The LGBTQ+ movement is an alphabet gobbling tour de' force adding a new letter/alternative life style on a regular basis.  And let's not forget 
• Abortion (the ending of a beating heart) is a woman's CHOICE? Such a gentle word for such a horrific act of violence on the preborn child.

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​So you see.. Wrong is the new Right.
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We are numbed and dumbed down to vulgar language and violence in movies, TV, and pop/hip hop/rap music. Sex before marriage, and teen sexuality is assumed/encouraged not discouraged.. in fact sex without boundaries is to be explored.

We are a Victim Society where everyone claims to be a victim, or bullied which muddies truth of those who truly are victims and/or bullied.

AND anyone who voices a contrary view is expressing HATE SPEECH.  Words of a contrary view can be considered 'violence'.   I guess sticks and stones will break by bones, and WORDS ARE FAR WORSE!

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The #MeToo movement, toxic masculinity, white privilege, systemic racism, and systemic police brutality often dilute if not poison truth and justice with blanket labels replacing truth/facts. 

Then we throw together the old KKK in with the new Antifa (anti-fascists? not!). Both are bigoted hate groups. (BLM) black lives matter is a marxist hate group that harms the movement of equality. 

Oh, and let's not forgot we live in a Cancel Culture society where past sins or perceived sins from maybe even 20 years ago can be dredged up and to ruin lives and there is no forgiveness with this mob.  Wrong is the new Right.

We are also a culture who in one hand munches on popcorn while being entertained by the latest horror, violence, occult, or the sorted story of a serial killer, BUT.. think that our 2nd amendment rights are the root of all evil.  Wrong is new Right.

Then a Virus comes along in COVID-19 where politics is more important than truth. Views on masking and vaccinations have divided us.. including the church. We condemn each other over instead of respecting each others rights. We label each other naive or selfish.. and our emotions  become something just short of hate.  This is Wrong, but again this Wrong is the new Right.

Even in the church simple choices of right and wrong are handled like a bomb squad whose only training was using the old 'Operation board game'.  We are so deathly afraid to call sin.. a sin in fear others will judge us as judgmental.  

The church (as a whole) is 1/2 afraid to speak truth in love, and the other 1/2 is like the frog in the boiling pan of water unaware the temp is rising. We are no longer salt and light as commanded in Mt 5:13-16 as we simmer in this world's hot tub of compromise.  But we excuse our compromise with the broad brushed statement.. We are about love, Jesus is love. 
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Agreed, but also Jesus referenced Hell 46 times. Hell is the scary truth regarding sin though not very 'seeker friendly'.

"I am the way, THE TRUTH and the life no one comes to the Father but by me.John 14:6.  does not  accept 'YOUR TRUTH'.

If Jesus spoke today the Cancel Culture mob would rage against Him.  Certainly banned from Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.  note: and Jesus would still preach truth in love as His truths will not ever be canceled.

To share the Gospel truth is the most important truth we can share though agnostics, atheists, Muslims, Buddhists, and secularists would disagree... or do we remain silent in respect of your feelings. This is to say we would rather let you go to Hell for eternity than offend you today on Earth? This is so very Wrong, and is the new Right

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MY OWN MESS - Let me be very clear, I know I am a sinner too with my own wrongs I treat as rights. Plenty of justications of these wrongs with my temper, watching movies and laughing at jokes I should not have. I have made compromises, told altered truths (aka lies) and all the other goodies that many of us do.

I am also a man compromised by alcohol (aka alcoholic), and it was ruining my life.  I share the cartoon on the left that is typically received understandably with collective cringes as it is NOT FUNNY, but it was becoming my story.

So in response to my drinking my wife expressed to me in love and sometimes the appropriate amount of anger "YOU NEED TO QUIT.  This is not good for you, or your family."  So my question is.. was my wife intolerant and judgmental of me, or was she loving and caring?  

Bottom-line my wife's loving admonishment CHANGED MY LIFE and I thank God for this. Changing this Wrong in my life to make me return to doing Right.
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So in this world where WRONG is the new RIGHT how shall we participate?  In our society compromised by ignorance, arrogance, and self we need to stand firm, in love and always stand for God's Truth.. because as they say.. Two Wrongs don't make a Right. 

May God bless each of you to boldly with love go each day into a world that may hate you for saying RIGHT is still right, and WRONG is still wrong.

Thank you for indulging me sharing this topic of societal angst on my heart.

Jeff ​