The Condone Wars

My friends, there's a war going on. I call it "The Condone Wars." A lot of us don't know what the word condone means, so here it is.

condone: accept and allow (behavior that is considered morally wrong or offensive) to continue. approve or sanction (something), esp. with reluctance.


Right now, we're living in the "New Age" belief system, which we are the masters of our own destiny. We live in a time when it's almost against the law for parents to punish their kids with the belt when they intentionally do bad things. When someone sees something messed up, people always try to shut them down. Nowadays, people don't want to be corrected, they want to be accepted. It doesn't matter if their behavior is appalling or belligerent. These types believe people including the God on the throne is supposed to overlook their actions that are plain evil (WHAT?). These types of people try to intimidate, manipulate, and coerce others to accept their lifestyle. From the LGBT movements, to people believing they don't need to go to church (because they believe no man or woman has the authority to pastor them), to kids disrespecting people over them, to rappers sending messages corrupting entire generations of youth! There are countless others I can't name but they all have the same prideful demeanor, "you can't tell me nothing." Most of us are taking a blind eye to various things each of us knows are blatantly wrong. However, we let things slide. We let our kid's behavior slide when they're being promiscuous or disrespecting their elders. We let things slide when we don't hold our coworkers accountable for providing customers with poor customer care. We let things slide when we see public officials misappropriating funds before our very eyes and we don't take that information to the authorities. We let things slide when we know a family member of ours is going around stealing people's identity and performing credit fraud. These are all battles within "The Condone Wars." Even within ourselves, we know certain behaviors, beliefs, and standards aren't right but we try to overlook them. We try to do all these good works to keep us from getting our own houses in order. I remember the movie New Jack City. There was a part in that movie when an old man was coming to see Nino Brown to warn him of the effects of his drug activities. Nino Brown along with a well-known preacher were sitting down with children giving them money. Those kids along with the preacher knew what type of guy Nino was. Cold-blooded, heartless, greedy, violent, and lustful. When the old man came in, he told those kids to leave and the preacher was trying to leave, too. But Nino sat the preacher down; I guess to help support (condone) his work ethics. The old man derided Nino and called out the preacher for condoning Nino's actions. What if the preacher stood up and told Nino the truth instead of condoning his behavior? When we take a stand, we're telling others the truth and provide an opportunity for change to impact their lives. But, most of us continue to be aiding and abetting "The Condone Wars." Hmmm....I guess what  I'm saying is we need to be way more sensitive to God's desires and statutes than we are today. For some time, we've been "winking" and overlooking things, but that jig is up, dude. If we continue to condone, the generations behind us is going to be in a world of hurt. Look at us now! Look at how our kids are acting. Look at how our churches are operating. Look at how our governments are operating..  There has to be a standard, dudes and dudettes. Like my father says, "if you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything." That's true. A lot of us are fallen and don't even know; even those of us who know the truth. Do you think God is condoning our craziness? I don't think so. Jesus loves us but He's also taking account of what we do and how we do things (. Now, this ain't fire and brimstone rap, it's just real talk. Today, I really encourage us to know what the standard is and stand in it. People around you ain't going to like it but that's how it's been designed from the beginning of time. You may get persecuted and hurt, but that's the price for standing for what's right in God's eyes. No longer can we facilitate wrong through our various actions of condoning. It's not fair for anybody. It's not fair to ourselves. Most importantly, it's not fair to God. I know this for myself.

Til next time, dgwo.

Reference:

Proverbs 27:5
Acts 17:30-31