IS AMERICA SPIRITUALLY BLIND?

Too many Americans believe that might makes right, because they are spiritually blind. Without a doubt, Donald J. Trump is one of the greatest proponents of this fool hearty philosophical principle. However, God says: “Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.” (Zechariah 4: 6). The life of Jesus is a spiritual reminder that the Kingdom of God cannot be established with physical weapons of warfare when he told Peter: “Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.” (Matthew 26: 52). Individuals can have physical sight, but are spiritually blind, and vice versa. In the Gospel of Mark Jesus encountered a physically blind beggar, Bartimaeus, as he was leaving Jericho, sin city. Bartimaeus was only physically blind, not spiritually blind deep in sin. Bartimaeus had heard about Jesus and was waiting for Jesus by the roadside. When Jesus came by Bartimaeus yelled Son of David, and Jesus answered: “What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?” (Matthew 10: 51). “The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way:...