In a new video uploaded to PragerU, entitled “Control the
Words, Control the Culture,” conservative political commentator Michael Knowles
argues, “Words exist so that we might discriminate one thing from another.
Without words, we have chaos . . . Words
shape how we think; they color how we view the world.
“No one understands this better than the left. They are the masters of
words. Because they know that words matter.
“The left has a special gift for euphemisms—soft words selected to
sugarcoat harsh realities so as to make those harsh realities easier for us to
swallow. But these soft words are insidious. Their sole purpose is to deceive .
. .
“Let’s not get into the politics; let’s just look at the
language. Throughout history, in every culture, marriage has been the union of husbands—men,
and wives—women. ‘Same-sex marriage’ is the union of men with men or women with
women, but it is most certainly not the union of husbands and wives.
“Once the phrase ‘same-sex’ was placed before the word
marriage—that is, once the definition of marriage changed, the debate changed.
It became about ‘marriage equality.’ It was suddenly an act of bigotry to limit
marriage to husbands and wives.
“All this manipulation of language has paid off for the left, because
whoever controls the words controls the culture.
“Don’t believe me? Just try using plain language instead of
the left’s politically-correct jargon. But be careful. Use 'the wrong words' and you might lose your job, your home, and your reputation.
“The culture war is largely a war of words. Right now, the left is
winning. You can see the consequences everywhere: in politics, in education, in
media.”
*****
With application to the “last days” before
the Rapture, Paul, at the end of his life and ministry, warns Timothy: “The
time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own
lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they
shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.”
Referring
to the Rapture, Jordan says, “I tell you
what, before this thing’s over with, the whole Body of Christ is going to be in
apostasy, departed from the faith. That doesn’t mean ‘getting lost,’ but they
will be departed from the doctrine.”
In II Timothy 4:2, Paul exhorts
Timothy, “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove,
rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.”
“Paul is saying, ‘Stick with
preaching, Tim!,’ explains Jordan. "Paul tells him that
when the people won’t endure sound doctrine (because of a lack of tolerance and
hunger for it) they’re going to want the media. They’re going to want fables;
dramatizations, stories.
*****
“In
Paul’s day they had drama; they had the traveling minstrels and all kinds of
other dramatic things. If fact, it was an educational tool in his day.
“But throughout his epistles, Paul
talks about preaching. There’s a communication of words that's required. The reason for that is events don’t meaning anything until you
explain them, and to explain them you’ve got to use what? Words.
“You
got to understand, preaching is preaching because the Word of God wants to
confront ideas, truth and thoughts; not your emotions first.
“The first connection with the
Bible is with your head. ‘Out of the heart are the issues of life.’ It wants to
connect with your inner man and who you are and as you think.
“Your
emotions come after that, and if they come or they don’t come, the issue is
truth; what does something mean. Where’s the meaning and the purpose in
something?
*****
“Galatians
3:1 is a fascinating verse in regard to what we’re talking about. Paul tells
the Galatians that somebody’s come along and cast a spell on them; fooled them
with sleight of hand.
“Your emotions are dumb. They
believe whatever the signals your mind’s giving them are real. Do you
realize that? Your emotions believe anything your mind is thinking. That’s why
you have so much trouble with life—the way you look at your circumstances; the
way you look at what’s happening in your life.
“If
you think about it one way, your emotions respond that way. If you think about
it another way, your emotions will respond another way. So what’s happening in
your life really isn’t the issue; it’s how you’re responding to it. What are
you thinking about it? Are you thinking sound doctrine or are you thinking
error?
“Paul
says, ‘Who has bewitched you? Who’s come in and put error in your mind that’s
cast a spell over you and completely carried you away from truth so you don’t
obey the truth anymore?’
*****
“Notice
he writes, ‘O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not
obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth,
crucified among you?’
“Now,
they weren’t there when Jesus died so how was He evidently set forth before
their eyes? Through Paul’s preaching of the Word. Paul came in there and
preached the gospel of Christ. He preached the grace of God and brought that
information about what it was.
“You
see, the preaching of the Cross is not describing the gory goo and the events;
it’s telling you what it means—telling you the spiritual issues God
accomplished through the death and resurrection of His Son.
“Paul came in and set forth before them that
information so clearly that the doctrine of the Cross—the doctrine of the
gospel—was MORE impactful on them and their understanding than if they had been
there in person looking at it!
“That
verse describes the impact that sound doctrine is to have on your
understanding. You’re going to understand more about what took place than if
you were actually there, historically present!
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