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Speaker 2All right , guys , we made it to the end of another week . All week this week we've been talking about hate , specifically hating evil . So we're doing this by diving into Psalm 97 . So , for the last time this week , I'll go ahead and read that it's called the Lord Reigns . The Lord Reigns , let the earth rejoice , let the many coastlands be glad . Clouds and thick darkness are all around him . Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne . Fire goes before him and burns up his adversaries all around . His lightings light up the world . The earth sees and trembles , the mountains melt like wax before the Lord , before the Lord of all the earth . The heavens proclaim his righteousness and all the peoples see his glory . All worshipers of images are put to shame , who make their boasts and worthless idols worship him . All you gods . Zion hears and is glad and the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments . On verse 10 , again , it reads O you who love the Lord , hate evil . He preserves the lives of his saints . He delivers them from the hand of the wicked . So , specifically , my thesis all week has been that as Christians , we don't hate evil nearly enough , and yesterday we talked about the evil of standpoint epistemology . Today we're wrapping up this week by talking about how Christians don't hate the evil of the isms enough . Yes , you heard me correctly , the isms .
Speaker 2So specifically , today we're going to discuss Marxism , communism , socialism and feminism . So just to give you a quick primer on all of these , because we can't just do a deep dive , let's look at the isms that I just mentioned . So Marxism , this refers to the work and philosophies of Karl Marx . So Marx's theory argues that history is a struggle between classes , right ? So he calls on the bourgeoisie and the proletariat that's in his parlance and that capitalism oppresses the working class . So Marx called for a classless or communist society . So what is communism ? That is , a stateless society without classes and without capitalism . And so downstream of communism is socialism . So socialism is kind of like communism , light if you will . So it's a more flexible version of communism . It's not as hard as you know normal communism . It's not as hard as you know normal communism . It allows for government and economic interventions to , you know , quote unquote reduce inequality . And then , downstream of those , you have something like feminism . So the feminist movement , especially second wave feminism , built off of the foundation of Marxism and critical theory , which was essentially fighting to destroy so-called social constructs and , you know , patriarchal oppression .
Speaker 2So here are three reasons why we should hate the isms more . Number one God's design brings order . The isms bring chaos . So one of the main overarching themes of the entire Bible is God injecting order into chaos . Okay , so that's what happened at creation . That's what happened when he gave his chosen people the law and the judges . That's what happened when he sent his son to this earth . Right , to eventually die on a Roman cross to provide propitiation for our sin debt to him . Right , the isms are fueled by disorder and the constant tearing down of whatever structure is currently in place . Right , this is a direct opposition to the design God gave us .
Speaker 2Reason number two they breed hatred and envy . So all the isms pit the supposed haves against the supposed have-nots , right , and this leads to covetousness . So in Exodus 20 , verse 17 , you shall not covet your neighbor's house and you shall not covet your neighbor's wife or his male servant or his female servant , or his ox or his donkey , or anything that is your neighbor's . The isms fuel is hatred of what you have and an insatiable desire to have or really to take what someone else has . And reason number three they pull people away from the roles God laid out for them , away from the roles God laid out for them . So feminism especially wants to usurp the role of head given to the man , as described in Ephesians 5 .
Speaker 2So let me read some , you know , feminist ear melting scriptures here . Ephesians 5.22 , wives submit to your own husbands as to the Lord . And then in 1 Corinthians 11 , verse 3 , but I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ and the head of a wife is her husband , and the head of a wife is her husband and the head of Christ is God . So are Christians called to hate ? Yes , emphatically and for the last time this week yes , yes , yes . We are called to hate evil and our hatred must compel us to act . So we should push back the darkness of the isms at every opportunity . Thank you for your attention this week . Stay sharp .
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