Do you see the Lie of “Peace” That’s Destroying America? In light of all that is going on in our world right now, we must ask ourselves the difficult question, “What kind of peace are we pursuing?” The Bible is clear on this: silence in the face of sin is not peace, it is disobedience. “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil” (Isaiah 5:20). If Christians remain silent and cover up sin, evil will be normalized, and truth will be treated like the problem.
God did not call us to stand on the sidelines and be neutral. He commands, “Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them” (Ephesians 5:11). Silence is not neutrality, it is compromise. Ezekiel was told if he failed to warn the wicked, their blood would be on his hands (Ezekiel 3:18). The same principle holds true for us today. A “peace” that is based on avoiding offense is not biblical peace. In fact, God rails against that type of false comfort: “They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace” (Jeremiah 6:14). Covering sin never heals, it kills. And the death we are witnessing all around us today is exactly what results from covering sin.
At the heart of the matter, we must ask: will we fear man or fear God? Many believers fear being labeled “unloving” if they declare the truth of Scripture. But if that is our fear, we have already been warned by Jesus: “You will be hated by all for my name’s sake, but the one who endures to the end will be saved” (Matthew 10:22). Faithfulness to Christ has never made the world applaud us. Proverbs 29: 25 says, “The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is safe.” When Christians embrace silence to avoid rejection, they are ensnared by the world instead of obeying Jude 3 and contending “for the faith.”
This is where America has come today. Right and wrong are blurred together. Sin is being celebrated in the open. A cultural movement is working hard to silence God’s truth and redefine morality. And because too many Christians are quiet, darkness is spreading like wildfire unchecked. Paul warned that there would come a time when people “will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions” (2 Timothy 4:3). That time is not coming, it has already arrived. Isaiah also prophesied this, “Truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter” (Isaiah 59:14). The result is chaos and corruption.
But Scripture also says, “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people” (Proverbs 14:34). This is not just political, this is spiritual. When truth is silenced, sin rushes in to fill the vacuum. Jesus told His followers, “You are the light of the world… let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:14–16). The answer is not retreat, it is bold witness.
Isaiah 30: 10 says of our culture, “They say to the seers, ‘Do not see,’ and to the prophets, ‘Do not prophesy to us what is right; speak to us smooth things, prophesy illusions.’” The world wants comfort, not conviction. And sadly, too many Christians comply with that to avoid conflict. But silence is not love. “Love does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth” (1 Corinthians 13:6). That is why Paul instructs us to “speak the truth in love” (Ephesians 4:15).
The dividing line is this: if peace means remaining silent in the face of sin, it is false peace. If peace flows from speaking the truth, it is the peace of Christ. True love warns of danger. True love is not shaken from standing firm on God’s Word. And true love points people to Jesus. That may not earn applause from the world, but it will keep the church faithful to her Lord.
Jesus didn’t say never address sin. Jesus was not talking about ignoring people who push everything God hates. People that support killing unborn babies (Exodus 20:13), twisting gender and marriage (Genesis 1:27, Romans 1:26–27), putting men in women’s sports and calling it equality (1 Corinthians 14:33), corrupting kids with perversion, silencing Christians (Acts 5:29), and celebrating sin instead of calling people to repent (Isaiah 5:20, Luke 13:3).
To be clear, this post is pointing out is that the hate stirred up by left-wing people is fueling assassinations and murders of innocent people. We cannot stand by while they call evil good and good evil (Isaiah 5:20). Christians are to be exposing darkness not keeping silent (Ephesians 5:11).
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