Rampant Issues of Worldly Avarice, Dishonesty, and Prevarication
http://whatwouldjackdo.org/2016/09/26/when-truth-is-dishonesty-and-deceit-is-integrity-youget-donald-trump/
Today, my aura was satiated in a veil of melancholy. I was saddened by thoughts about the plethora of misinformation, prevarications, and unsubstantiated conspiracies overshadowing our communities. TV and radio advertisements outright lie or vastly exaggerate how they can ameliorate our lifestyles. Daily, the world receives a plethora of telephone calls or Internet messages suggesting that certain companies or individuals have the capabilities and resources to eliminate debt; adjust ways to significantly reduce or eliminate IRS obligations; secure people ideal jobs; too good/too quick/too true ways to make money; and allegedly helpful ways to reduce mortgage payments. In reality, these claims are either exaggerated or falsified. Even the automobile industry makes promises that are vastly exaggerated or they throw people limited carrots that becomes unavailable or has hidden attachments when you actually investigate the advertisements. There are multiple examples of wide-spread dishonesty within our societies. Twenty-first century people are duped by their churches, employers, social media, governments, and businesses. Incidentally, the duping of humanity is not new. It has been going on ever since Cain slew Abel, and Cain asked the question, â€œâ€ŚAm I my brother's keeper (Gen 4:9)?â€?
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The world is not truthful when it comes to economics; religion; housing; and our social and physical well-being. The rampant dishonesty is predicated on our predilection to acquire as much money as possible. The love of money is the driving force for diminishing the moral fiber and integrity of our societies. These things are not new, because about 2,000 years ago Timothy said, “…the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows” (1 Tim 6:10). Prevarication, avarice, dishonesty, and social and religious manipulation will continue until the end of time. Timothy identifies about twenty problematic issues that will predominate the world at the end of time. Dishonesty is high on the list! You will become increasing unable to trust people’s words and actions. These issues will occur at the highest level within our government to the lowest level in corporate America. I was not particularly exuberant to see this great nation inaugurate an individual who apparently emulates the characteristics described by Timothy when he said in the last days “…People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, … ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power (2 Tim 3:1-5).” Do these characteristics remind you of anyone? Regardless of what is happening in the world, our true trust should be in the “Blessed Hope (Titus 2:13)”, and in the promise of John, “… He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see Him, and they also which pierced Him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of Him... (Rev 1:7).”
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