Salt and Light Part 4
Distract, Divide and Conquer
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
I.Salt and Light
A.Distract, Divide and Conquer: Strategy of Satan
1.(Matt. 5:13-16) Salt and light of the world.
2.(2 Cor. 10:3-5 NIV) We cannot fight like the world!
3.(Eph. 6:10-12 NIV) The fight isn’t against racism but against evil!
4.(1 Pet. 5:8-9) the adversary isn’t white, black or blue but he is the devil.
a.(John 10:10; 8:44)
b.What if the devil really is a liar and murderer and has used the news media to distract and deceive humanity to focus on racism that isn’t the real problem in America?
FACTS:
~Roland G. Fryer Jr. – black Harvard professor
~Blacks kill more blacks in 2019 (7000) than the KKK in its history.
~Of the 400,000 non-homicide violent black white crimes, 85 % are black perp.
~A young black man is 7X more likely to be murdered than a young white man, 93% of the time it will be by a black man.
~Black males 6% of pop. Commit 52% of murders.
~Black males 6% of pop. Account 42% of police deaths.
~#1 cause of preventable death for young white men is accidents; #1 cause of preventable death for young black men is homicide.
~17 mil. black babies aborted since Roe vs. Wade
~In Chicago, murder capital of the US; 1/3 black, 1/3 brown, 1/3 white; blacks account for 70% of the homicides.
~Fatherless homes:
-5X more likely to be poor
-9X more likely to drop out of school
-20X more likely to end up in jail
5.(Isa. 19:2-4 GNT) the devil stole this strategy from God.
a.(Matt. 12:22-30) divided and conquered
b.(2 Chron. 20:12-25) King Jehoshaphat of Judah
[Pastor Lee Stokes]