Today I will introduce to you a very short book, but a very good one... It's called: How Do You Kill 11 Million People? Why the truth matters more than you think. By Andy Andrews.
Here's a little spoiler: You lie to them.
How do you kill 11 MILLION people? You lie to them.
Before I get to where I'm going with this, I will copy pages from the book to help convey the message I'm trying to get across.
Pages 31-33:
"The National Socialist German Workers' Party, led by Adolf Hitler, rose to power during a time of economic uncertainty, in a nation of people longing for better times. Germany was a modern, industrialized nation whose well-informed citizens enjoyed ready access to information by way of print and radio broadcast media.
Hitler was a man of the common people- not long before, he had been a lance corporal in the army- and his speeches were exciting and passionate. He promised more and better and new and different. He vowed rapid change and swift action.
According to record, what Hitler actually said in his speeches depended very much upon the audience. In agricultural areas, he pledged tax cuts for farmers and new laws to protect food prices. In working-class neighborhoods, he talked about the redistribution of wealth and attacked the high profits generated by business owners. When he appeared before financiers or captains of industry, Hitler focused his plans to destroy communism and reduce the power of the trade unions.
"How fortunate for leaders," Hitler said to his inner circle, "that men do not think. Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually, they will believe it."
In Mein Kampf, Hitler's autobiography, he wrote, "The great masses of people will more easily fall victim to a big lie than a small one." The book was wildly read by the German people at the time.
The people believed him anyway. Or at the very most, they ignored him. It is a fact that fewer than 10 percent of Germany's population of 79.7 million people actively worked or campaigned to bring about Hitler's change. Even at the height of its power in 1945, the Nazi political party boasted only 8.5 million members.
So the remaining 90 percent of Germans-teachers and doctors and ministers and farmers- did... what? Stood by? Watched?
Essentially, yes.
Mothers and fathers held their voices, covered their eyes, and closed their ears. The vast majority of an educated population accepted their salaries and avoided the uncomfortable truth that lingered over them like a serpent waiting to strike. And when the Nazis came for their children, it was too late.”
This book is so full of good reality checks. Who do we put our trust in? God or man to save us? Man's heart is deceitful and wicked. Politicians almost always promise, and almost always have hidden motives.
I am not saying to not participate in government, and I'm not saying TO participate in government. I believe this article is merely about trusting God with your nation. If you find yourself praying for your leaders to save you, you've made them an idol, and you're talking to the Lord about it, which is hilarious. I believe we as the church need to focus on Christ... point others to Christ and give the glory to Him, not to the Republican or Democratic party. We need to be a repentant generation, not a boisterous one demanding "republican" values, but personifying Godly values. Being a "Republican" or a "Democrat" doesn't save you, Jesus does. The church needs to keep being loud with the truth of the Gospel. People need Jesus.
Page 42:
"You see, the danger to America is not a single politician with ill intent. Or even a group of them. The most dangerous thing any nation faces is a citizenry capable of trusting a liar to lead them. In the long run, it is much easier to undo the policies of crooked leadership than to restore common sense and wisdom to a deceived population willing to elect such a leader in the first place. Any country can survive having chosen a fool as its leader. But history has shown time and again that a nation of fools is surely doomed."
Love God, Love people, and May His Kingdom come, and His will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.
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