Zealously Affected #29

Saturday, March 21, 2026

“They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you” (Galatians 4:17,18 KJV).

Let us see if we can identify and comprehend the dangers of relying on emotions….

Science-worshippers and so-called “intellectuals” regard us as nothing more than highly-evolved animals whose very existence is attributable to the mysterious forces of “Mother Earth” or “Mother Nature” (really the ancient heathen goddess of fertility and hunting, also known as Diana or Artemis!—Acts 19:24,27,28,34,35). It is along these lines that evolutionary theory via natural selection, animal rights, vegetarianism, veganism, conservationism, and environmentalism are promoted. Tainted by sin, emotions have cheapened human existence to be “just another clump of cells.” We exhibit boundless pity toward endangered and extinct plants and animals, seeing no problem with placing them equal to or above ourselves, but we have been desensitized to the barbaric butchering of the helpless members of our own species. Sexual activity is unrestrained and recreational, and pregnancy is simply an “inconvenience” to more fun. Abortion is thus offered as the solution, for the selfish mantra of “MY body, MY choice” has been mindlessly parroted.

Unwanted pregnancies are an obstacle to emotionally-immature and mentally-immature parties, and those in the medical community who do not wish to maintain and preserve life are just as childish when they eagerly prey on these vulnerable to their detriment. If termination of life shortly after conception is tolerable (abortion), then it is just as easy for us to be open to ending life in its waning years (euthanasia, or assisted suicide). How laughable it is that, while struggling to define just what a “man” is and what a “woman” is, our society boasts about seeking and defending “women’s rights.” Since it cannot seem to distinguish between human DNA and animal, our “civilization” is most ridiculous to brag how it campaigns for “human rights.”

Beloved, this is all irrational, contradictory, and outrageous behavior, but it is nothing more than sin taking advantage of us through our corrupted emotions. “I am not going to be told what I will think and do! I will do what I feel is right!” Frankly, emotions are just one of sinful man’s innumerable gods. We would do well to detect and flee such idolatry as soon as possible….

Zealously Affected #28

Friday, March 20, 2026

“They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you” (Galatians 4:17,18 KJV).

Let us see if we can identify and comprehend the dangers of relying on emotions….

Every generation likes the word “free,” but today’s young people are particularly fascinated with it—free tuition, free housing, free transportation, free healthcare, free this and free that. Accordingly, they also tend to be less enthusiastic to work. Pleasure and amusement are popular. They believe they “deserve” to have all their wants. Due to technological achievements and modern conveniences of recent decades, never in our species’ history has there ever been a time of such universal entertainment and entitlement! It feels SO GOOD, especially when following “the blind leaders of the blind” who are equally emotional.

Their above “spoiled-rottenness” is the least of their problems though, for they are even misinformed about fundamental, more personal matters. Sexuality is a basic human trait. Any experimenting with it produces extensive and permanent psychological, emotional, and physical damage. Strangely, some biological men claim to “feel like women” and some biological women state they “feel like men,” so they have “gender-affirming” surgery! Yet, this is our world. Physical organs, they tell us, do not define sex—but, in the same breath, they assert their removal does “affirm” it. This is ridiculous, nothing a thinking person would state! However, an emotional individual would say it, and young people have become more tolerant of such perversion. No amount of propaganda, brainwashing, or emotional exploitation can (or will) ever justify that which is contrary to nature.

“Sex” is the biological characteristic of being male or female (emphasis on reproductive organs), whereas “gender” is the role a male or female plays (focus on society/culture). The Oxford English Dictionary defines “gender dysphoria” as “the condition of feeling one’s emotional and psychological identity as male or female to be opposite to one’s biological sex.” Notice the term “feeling:” transgenderism is emotion-driven, the main “confirmation” being really nothing more than fickle feelings. I can “feel” like a lost man on my merry way to Hell, but I am anything but because my renewed mind knows (thinking!) that I am in Christ and therefore bound for Heaven!

We cannot trust feelings….