“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.” (Romans 1:18, ESV)
In this politically correct and corrupt world, there are people who daily suppress the truth for selfish profit or promotion, for political or ideological manipulation, or for corporate greed. They might twist facts. They may rewrite history. You can bet that someone who is willing to play fast and loose with the truth is no friend of Jesus Christ. Jesus preached that the truth “sets you free” (John 8:32). He taught that the devil consistently fights the truth and enjoys promoting lies (John 8:44). Is it no surprise that Jesus called Himself “the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6)?
In the scripture for today from Romans 1:18, Paul adds his voice to the importance of truth and its connection with God. In this verse, Paul explained that God’s wrath goes against “ALL ungodliness and unrighteousness of men”. And what do these ungodly and unrighteous people do? In their “unrighteousness”, they “suppress the truth” (Romans 1:18b). Do you see the correlation in this verse between those who “suppress the truth” and those who are ungodly and unrighteous? Yes, they are directly related. If you find a person or group or nation that consistently “suppresses the truth”, you can bet that there are ungodly and unrighteous dealings going on. You can also be assured that the ones perpetuating the lies will attack all forms of truth-telling, including the gospel. They will always be vicious toward true people of faith. Always. That is why these people who suppress the truth will always incur the “wrath of God” (Romans 1:18a).
In the past week, we’ve seen ample evidence that the Biden Administration along with government and corporate leaders are suppressing the truth about the train derailment, fire, and chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio. Multiple scientists who traveled to the area reported the deaths of millions of fish, invertebrates, farm animals, and more. While standing near the river that was polluted by the chemical spill, one biologist was told a by a government DNR representative that “no fish died in recent days” after the man witnessed thousands of dead fish carcasses downriver from the crash site five minutes before. Evan Lambert, a reporter from News Nation was arrested for reporting on the chemical spill, though all charges were subsequently dropped later. Hmmmm, I wonder why? People visiting the area to do analyses are told to leave the area. Residents were told the water and land were safe by government officials WHILE FISH WERE FLOATING IN THE RIVER AND FARM ANIMALS WERE TIPPING OVER DEAD! When children and adults got sick within hours of the accident, they were told it wasn’t serious. Would you trust these people?
Attempts to keep the truth from you are all around. Tech companies colluded with the United States government and Big Pharma to suppress negative and deadly side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine including cardiomyopathy and heart inflammation and neurological and immunological side effects. The vaccine’s negative effects on the human immune system, especially on the body’s production of IG-4 is only beginning to be uncovered.
The Biden Administration shamelessly reported multiple times that the economy is booming, while personal debt skyrockets and job losses at Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft alone have added up to more than 75,000 people. In Canada, the Trudeau government used the Canadian Press daily to harass protestors, support euthanasia, and curtail the truth about government intrusion into personal finances and the connections between government officials and Chinese bribery. In 2021 and 2022, some of the records and reports about COVID-19 were “revised” by the CDC and Biden Administration. The official reports were changed after the fact to manipulate the truth and stop lawsuits. The use of thermobaric weapons in the Ukraine by Russia goes against the Geneva Convention and thus international accords and restrictions. This gets no news while statements by Meghan Markle and the Kardashians are spread far and wide. The list of wealthy and politically powerful people who visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island where human trafficking was occurring is consistently suppressed from the public, even though Ghislaine Maxwell serves jail time for this very practice.
In the 1940’s, the deadly dangers of DDT were covered up. During the 1960’s, it was Agent Orange causing cancer that was covered up. I wonder what will be covered up this year by governments and corporations and evil people?
Coverups by corporations and governments have happened ever since the beginning of time. Remember how King David covered up his affair of Bathsheba and his murderous plot against Uriah? How about King Ahab and Queen Jezebel’s attempts to silence the prophet Elijah? God’s wrath was turned upon all these politicians in the Bible when they suppressed the truth in their lust for power and control. God will do the same throughout time. It’s a fact expounded clearly in our scripture for today.
Now, before you begin to think that its just corporations and governments doing the suppressing of truth, think again. Individuals do it as well. All too often! When their son was arrested for drug use, a family had his arrest kept from the press and his record expunged. Though a father was abusing his son, neighbors feared the man and thus did not report him to authorities until after the boy ended up in the hospital with broken bones. A mother who drank constantly threatened her children “within an inch of their life” to never tell anyone about the times she passed out or fell down the stairs. There are many ways that individuals “suppress the truth”. All of them are abhorrent to God, who uses the truth to make things right in the world.
The scripture makes abundantly clear that God’s wrath, God’s overwhelming anger, will stand up against ALL who suppress the truth. Have you ever tried to keep the needed truth from being told? God stood against your efforts! Pastors don’t like to talk much or preach about God’s wrath. They would rather talk about God’s love or the blessings and joys of salvation. However, the relationship between the suppression of the truth and ungodliness and God’s wrath needs to be told. God is dead set against the lies people tell in order to suppress God’s truth.
In the end, I want to make one thing clear that has not been discussed so far in this meditation. Part of the “truth” that Satan and the world tries to suppress is that Jesus is Lord! The gospel is seen as dangerous by many (just ask Christians in China for personal examples!). Telling the truth can get you killed in our world! Remember Elijah’s conflict with Ahab and Jezebel in the Bible? Unrighteous, evil, and Satanic people will always find the truth to be dangerous and the gospel to be hazardous to their agendas.
Did you know that more Christians were martyred during the 20th century because of their faith than ALL PREVIOUS CENTURIES COMBINED? Did you know that more Christians are being persecuted than all other religious groups? Contrary to what you hear on the news, persecution against the gospel and the truth is alive and well and prospering in our world today.
Are you going to side with the truth or cower to the lies and coverups? Are you going to stand by the truth of Jesus Christ or go along with the crowd? God’s wrath is already upon those who suppress the truth. Don’t be one of those who must experience God’s wrath in order to face the fact that Jesus is Lord and evil is alive and well and active in the world today.
PS… I was told recently that if I keep writing things like this meditation on my web site, people are going to be coming for me. That’s the truth!
In the scripture for today from Romans 1:18, Paul adds his voice to the importance of truth and its connection with God. In this verse, Paul explained that God’s wrath goes against “ALL ungodliness and unrighteousness of men”. And what do these ungodly and unrighteous people do? In their “unrighteousness”, they “suppress the truth” (Romans 1:18b). Do you see the correlation in this verse between those who “suppress the truth” and those who are ungodly and unrighteous? Yes, they are directly related. If you find a person or group or nation that consistently “suppresses the truth”, you can bet that there are ungodly and unrighteous dealings going on. You can also be assured that the ones perpetuating the lies will attack all forms of truth-telling, including the gospel. They will always be vicious toward true people of faith. Always. That is why these people who suppress the truth will always incur the “wrath of God” (Romans 1:18a).
In the past week, we’ve seen ample evidence that the Biden Administration along with government and corporate leaders are suppressing the truth about the train derailment, fire, and chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio. Multiple scientists who traveled to the area reported the deaths of millions of fish, invertebrates, farm animals, and more. While standing near the river that was polluted by the chemical spill, one biologist was told a by a government DNR representative that “no fish died in recent days” after the man witnessed thousands of dead fish carcasses downriver from the crash site five minutes before. Evan Lambert, a reporter from News Nation was arrested for reporting on the chemical spill, though all charges were subsequently dropped later. Hmmmm, I wonder why? People visiting the area to do analyses are told to leave the area. Residents were told the water and land were safe by government officials WHILE FISH WERE FLOATING IN THE RIVER AND FARM ANIMALS WERE TIPPING OVER DEAD! When children and adults got sick within hours of the accident, they were told it wasn’t serious. Would you trust these people?
Attempts to keep the truth from you are all around. Tech companies colluded with the United States government and Big Pharma to suppress negative and deadly side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine including cardiomyopathy and heart inflammation and neurological and immunological side effects. The vaccine’s negative effects on the human immune system, especially on the body’s production of IG-4 is only beginning to be uncovered.
The Biden Administration shamelessly reported multiple times that the economy is booming, while personal debt skyrockets and job losses at Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft alone have added up to more than 75,000 people. In Canada, the Trudeau government used the Canadian Press daily to harass protestors, support euthanasia, and curtail the truth about government intrusion into personal finances and the connections between government officials and Chinese bribery. In 2021 and 2022, some of the records and reports about COVID-19 were “revised” by the CDC and Biden Administration. The official reports were changed after the fact to manipulate the truth and stop lawsuits. The use of thermobaric weapons in the Ukraine by Russia goes against the Geneva Convention and thus international accords and restrictions. This gets no news while statements by Meghan Markle and the Kardashians are spread far and wide. The list of wealthy and politically powerful people who visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island where human trafficking was occurring is consistently suppressed from the public, even though Ghislaine Maxwell serves jail time for this very practice.
In the 1940’s, the deadly dangers of DDT were covered up. During the 1960’s, it was Agent Orange causing cancer that was covered up. I wonder what will be covered up this year by governments and corporations and evil people?
Coverups by corporations and governments have happened ever since the beginning of time. Remember how King David covered up his affair of Bathsheba and his murderous plot against Uriah? How about King Ahab and Queen Jezebel’s attempts to silence the prophet Elijah? God’s wrath was turned upon all these politicians in the Bible when they suppressed the truth in their lust for power and control. God will do the same throughout time. It’s a fact expounded clearly in our scripture for today.
Now, before you begin to think that its just corporations and governments doing the suppressing of truth, think again. Individuals do it as well. All too often! When their son was arrested for drug use, a family had his arrest kept from the press and his record expunged. Though a father was abusing his son, neighbors feared the man and thus did not report him to authorities until after the boy ended up in the hospital with broken bones. A mother who drank constantly threatened her children “within an inch of their life” to never tell anyone about the times she passed out or fell down the stairs. There are many ways that individuals “suppress the truth”. All of them are abhorrent to God, who uses the truth to make things right in the world.
The scripture makes abundantly clear that God’s wrath, God’s overwhelming anger, will stand up against ALL who suppress the truth. Have you ever tried to keep the needed truth from being told? God stood against your efforts! Pastors don’t like to talk much or preach about God’s wrath. They would rather talk about God’s love or the blessings and joys of salvation. However, the relationship between the suppression of the truth and ungodliness and God’s wrath needs to be told. God is dead set against the lies people tell in order to suppress God’s truth.
In the end, I want to make one thing clear that has not been discussed so far in this meditation. Part of the “truth” that Satan and the world tries to suppress is that Jesus is Lord! The gospel is seen as dangerous by many (just ask Christians in China for personal examples!). Telling the truth can get you killed in our world! Remember Elijah’s conflict with Ahab and Jezebel in the Bible? Unrighteous, evil, and Satanic people will always find the truth to be dangerous and the gospel to be hazardous to their agendas.
Did you know that more Christians were martyred during the 20th century because of their faith than ALL PREVIOUS CENTURIES COMBINED? Did you know that more Christians are being persecuted than all other religious groups? Contrary to what you hear on the news, persecution against the gospel and the truth is alive and well and prospering in our world today.
Are you going to side with the truth or cower to the lies and coverups? Are you going to stand by the truth of Jesus Christ or go along with the crowd? God’s wrath is already upon those who suppress the truth. Don’t be one of those who must experience God’s wrath in order to face the fact that Jesus is Lord and evil is alive and well and active in the world today.
PS… I was told recently that if I keep writing things like this meditation on my web site, people are going to be coming for me. That’s the truth!