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Are Wildfires A Judgement From God?
January 09, 2025

Someone called into the show today and said these wildfires are God's judgment on the people of California. That made me uncomfortable.  Let's see what the Bible says about this.

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    Welcome to Politics by Faith. Thanks for being here. We talked about the fires a lot on the SiriusXM radio show this morning. Someone called in at the very end of the show. I didn't have time to take her call, but they just in the call screen log. So the producer takes the call and then writes a little like one sentence about what the call is about. And in the call screen log, it said that this person believes that these fires are a judgment from God against California and the people of LA.

    Again, that's all I knew from what she was going to say, right?

    I see Sodom and Gomorrah trending on Twitter. You get the gist. I'll be honest, that makes me uncomfortable. That accusation. And then I thought, okay, it's a weird feeling. I don't care for it.

    Let's dive into this. Because I don't really care how I feel. I wanna know what's true. So what does the Bible say? You know, people call natural disasters acts of God, but nothing good is ever called an act of God.

    You notice that? It's always the bad things, the natural disasters. So a couple principles here that are important. First, God created the universe and everything in it and all the laws of nature that natural disasters operate within. Second, Jesus holds it all together. The Bible says, for by him all things were created in heaven and on earth,

    visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities, all things hold together so God created the universe and everything in it all the laws of nature and Jesus holds all things together third principles God can do anything he wants prevent anything he wants he's totally in charge in every way okay so then why does he let things like this happen why does he let any natural disaster happen I think it's a very similar question as to why he lets

    evil people commit evil acts. It's the same thing. These are the consequences that sin had on creation. We did a couple episodes the other day and I've been thinking, I've been reading a lot recently on total depravity, the depth of original sin in our hearts and then contrasting that with Jesus who has zero sin and that he's our Savior is no sin at all but similarly to the total depravity within us the fall led to not just people sinning but to the earth breaking down Romans 8 19 says for the creation

    was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it and hope that the creation itself would be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. Earth is full of frustration and decay. And it says right here, Genesis 3, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife

    and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, you shall not eat it. Cursed is the ground because of you, and pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life. Thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, and you shall eat the plants of the field. Sin causes death and disease and suffering in all forms. Which leads to the question of the day, can a natural disaster like this, can a natural disaster like this be a judgment from God?

    It can't be. How about the flood? That was one. Sodom and Gomorrah? That was one. The plagues in Egypt? How about in Numbers, the earth opened up and swallowed the sons of Korah? That's another one. We don't like the idea that God can do such things, but he can. I don't know if that's what happened here. But here's where I'd rather spend my focus. Not on, is this a judgment?

    What does God think about this place or that place or these people or their sins? Think I'd rather focus on the fact that this and all natural disasters are a taste of the judgment to come. I think fires are the most terrifying natural disaster. We kind of half-joked about this on the radio today, like what's the most terrifying natural disaster?

    Hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes. And I think it's fire. I think it's the roar of the fire, the height of the flames, the speed that it moves at, the sound, the wind whipping, and the sound it makes, just the fire itself, but then also the burning of buildings and trees and everything. It hurts.

    It's hot.

    It hurts.

    And I think the fact, I've always had this instinct that that's the worst of natural disasters and I think that's reflected in the fact that that's what hell is like. Anyways, Revelation 21, 8, it is a place of black darkness. It's in 2 Peter. Matthew 25 says it's a place of outer darkness where weeping and gnashing of teeth is all that will be heard. So it's fire and darkness, which is really fascinating. Dante's Inferno speaks to this too. Dante's Inferno is not scripture. But poetically, it was the first time I've ever encountered this idea where it can be dark and full of fire at the same time.

    And it's black, it's dark, because there's the total absence of divine light. God is present in hell, too, right? He has power over that, too. But you're separated from God's love there, as well. That's the torment. It's such an awful, horrible place. That's why it says in Mark 9, 47, if your eyes cause you to sin, tear it out. It's better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell where their worm does not die

    and the fire is not quenched." That line from Jesus is a reference to Isaiah 66 which says, "...and they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me." They're literally talking about dead bodies thrown into like a garbage dump, basically, and being eaten by maggots and stuff. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.

    Hell is much worse than that. It's a place of agonizing thirst that can never be quenched. Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame. Hell is worse than we could ever imagine. We look at these flames, and if you can do the best you can to imagine what it would

    be like to be amidst these flames, it's nothing compared to what hell is. This should terrify you. It should terrify you. And so should your sin, because that's where you're going if you don't make Jesus your Lord and Savior people don't like that gospel message but it's true it's part of it I think fires are especially scary because it's a foretaste of the judgment that's to

    come for most another thing I think is important to focus on this time maybe more important than God sent is doing this for his judgment. First is again it's a it's a sign of the judgment to come but also natural disasters are an opportunity to repent. Painful moments are an opportunity to repent. C.S. Lewis said God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain. It is his pain, it's his megaphone to rouse a deaf world. There were disasters like this spoken of

    in the Bible. Luke 13 Jesus says there were some present at the very time who told him about the Gileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And he answered them, Do you think that these Gileans were worse sinners than all the other Gileans because they suffered in this way? No, I tell you, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish,

    unless you repent. Or those eighteen of whom the tower of Silium fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem now I tell you but unless you repent you will all likewise perish unless you repent I don't know if all natural disasters of this one is a judgment from God but it doesn't mean that there's no natural disasters that are not judges from God it could be we could we should treat it

    And how should we respond? Repentance. We live in a post-fall world. We are mortal, and there's a greater judgment to come. Also worth noting that everything will burn up in the end. Disasters like this can be a reminder that life is short and time here is not eternal.

    And you can lose it all in a night. You can lose it all in a night, in a moment, out of nowhere from a spark. Isaiah 38, 17 says, Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. That's a tough one. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction. And if I may, there's this urge we have to always know what God is up to on a day-to-day

    basis. Like, big picture, I know that God wants everyone to be saved. It's what it says in the Bible, 1 Timothy 2, 3 says that God desires all men to be saved. So that's the end goal, but we're not going to be able to figure out every single one of his ways to make that happen. Spurgeon said, all things are worked together for good, but what each individual thing is

    doing would be impossible to explain. Yet you, child of Adam, with your finite intellect, are continually stopping to ask, Why is this? Do you ask God to explain these things to you? I tell you God will not do it, and God cannot do it. For this reason, you are not capable of understanding it.

    Should the ant ask the eagle why it flies in the skies? Will the giant sea monster, the Leviathan, be questioned by a minnow? These creatures might explain their actions to other creatures, but the omnipotent Creator, the uncreated eternal God, cannot explain himself to mortals whom he has created. We cannot understand him. It is enough for us to know that his way always must be in darkness and that we must never expect to see and understand much in this world. One last point because I don't make too many.

    I'm so short of time here. We'll turn this into a two-episode. One last point for now is why these natural disasters happen. I think it speaks to how powerful He is. There are things in this world, like we think our sin is little, but they are great to God. There's also things that are great to us, but little to God. Think about that for a second.

    We think these fires are enormous. They are to us, but they're nothing to Him. Nahum 1.3 says the clouds are the dust of His feet. No matter what our troubles are, God can bear it. He made the universe. He made the galaxies.

    He can handle whatever it is we think is too much. I think part of this, part of these natural disasters is to wake us up a little bit to how powerful He is. And it would be great if this woke up the church. Spurgeon said, I'm afraid of the darkness, excuse me, I'm afraid of this deadness, this sloth, this indifference

    that has come over our churches. The church needs shaking like the man on the mountaintop does when the cold numbs him into a deadly slumber. The churches have gone to sleep for the lack of zeal, for lack of fire. Even those who hold sound doctrine

    are beginning to slumber. Oh, may God stir up the church. Natural disasters are an opportunity for the church to wake up, start preaching the gospel. And one of the messages can be that God is all-powerful, and the things that we think are great are small to Him. I don't mean that He doesn't care.

    I just mean they're totally within His power and control. The clouds are the dust of his feet. The most terrible things that we ever experience in nature, they don't surprise God, they don't terrify God, they don't overwhelm God, and they should therefore not bring any terror to us either. Stop there for now, we'll finish this up tomorrow.

    Mike Slater dot locals dot com. Transcript commercial free on the website. Transcript commercial free on the website. Mike Slater dot locals dot com.

     

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    patriotism. Art and beautiful music and architecture, these are all elements of patriotism as well. Another aspect of it needs to be voting and it's a Christian duty as well. This is what our founders believed. Noah Webster, brilliant man, Webster's Dictionary. He said, When you become entitled to exercise the right of voting for public officers, which we do, let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to choose for rulers just men

    who will rule in the fear of God. That's in quotes. That's 2 Samuel 23. Remember, back in the day, our founding fathers did not need to cite Scripture. They just needed to quote Scripture, and everyone knew what they were talking about. He went on, "...the preservation of government depends on the faithful discharge of this duty. If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government

    will soon be corrupted." How many people didn't vote in Wisconsin, if you asked them why, they'd be like, ah, they're all corrupt. Why do you think? Because you and people like you have not discharged, have not exercised your duty properly. Because as Noah Webster said, if you neglect your duty, then unprincipled men will become in office. They're all

    crooks. The government will soon be corrupted. Laws will be made, not for the public good, so much as for selfish or local purposes. Corruption or incompetent men will be appointed to execute the laws. The public revenues will be squandered on unworthy men, and the rights of the citizens will be violated or disregarded. If a Republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be

    because the citizens neglect the divine commands and elect bad men to make and administer the laws. Let me give you two more quotes. John Adams says, The power of electing at stated periods each branch, it becomes necessary to every citizen then,

    to be in some degree a statesman, and to examine and judge for himself of the tendency of political principles and measures. Let us examine then with a sober, a manly and a Christian spirit. Leave it one more.

    Charles Finney, he was a pastor in the 1800s, part of the Great Awakening, Second Great Awakening. He said, The time has come that Christians must vote for honest men and take consistent ground in politics. Consistent ground. Once every four years? Consistent ground in politics,

    or the Lord will curse them. Go back to the last few episodes if you missed them. The theme of the last few episodes has been, If you obey God, good things happen. If you disobey God bad things happen here's Charles Finney you better get involved in this or God will curse you Christians

    have become exceedingly guilty in this matter still are today it's 1800 but the time has come when they must act differently Christians seem to act as if they thought God did not see what they do in politics but I tell you he does see it and he will bless or curse this nation according to the course they, Christians, take in politics. I will end here that apathy is a choice. Not voting is a choice.

    Because you may not want to be involved in politics, but the enemy does. Apathy is not going to cut it. Much more on this tomorrow on SiriusXM and we'll come back to the podcast here as well. Mike Slater dot Locals dot com. This is a website, transcript, commercial free on the website. This is a website, transcript, commercial free on the website. Mike Slater dot Locals dot com.

     

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    Politics By Faith, March 31, 2025

    Three big races in FL and WI on April 1 that have major national implications. Is MAGA just a once every 4-year movement? Or can we get out the vote on a random Tuesday in April, too? 

    Welcome to Politics Lifesaved, thank you for being here. We are on the eve, as I record this, of two big elections, well three actually. Two in Florida, one is to replace the congressional seat left by Matt Gaetz, the other is to replace the congressional seat left by Mike Waltz, who is now the National Security Advisor. Mike Waltz one is getting most of the attention because this is the seat that Trump won by 33 points. No, Trump won by 30, Mike Waltz won by 33.

    And who knows what's going to happen tomorrow, but the media has characterized this as a close race. And every headline is about how the Republicans are worried. Well, the Democrats did outspend 10 to 1 for this race. I thought of it because we're talking to Randy Fiend and I told him this. It's like the Democrats have, they're playing risk and they're losing. They haven't been on

    their front foot for since November. So this is like all they got left. So it's like they're playing a game of risk and all their armies are in one country and they're just going for broke in one place. I think we're going to put everything we can in the 6th congressional district of Florida. Now what's really interesting about this race, well I'll tell you one thing about Randy, there's been media reports that he hasn't taken this race seriously enough because it's such a safe seat,

    has always been such a safe seat. And I don't listen to anything the lamestream ever says, but this one probably is right. I guess some Republicans met with him and said, hey get your act together here because you couldn't actually lose this thing.

    Because, and I think that's probably right because a couple weeks ago we talked to him about something totally different, just something about they were doing in Florida, and he was just the guy to talk to, like he wrote the bill in Florida

    that we were talking about. And it was near the end of the conversation. It just happened to come up and he's like, oh yeah, I'm actually running for that seat. I was like, oh, geez, son of a gun, wow. When is it?

    He's like, oh, a couple weeks from now. He's like, oh, but don't worry, it's just a, yeah, Trump won it by 33 points or something. I was like, oh, okay, yeah, well, good luck with that. And that was the end of the conversation. We talked to him last week and he was voterandyfine.com,

    voterandyfine.com, voterandyfine.com the whole time. So there's definitely some urgency now in his step, no question about that. The other big race, we got the Matt Gaetz one, I don't really know the scene in that one, that one's getting no attention.

    We're actually talking to the Republican on that one tomorrow, but I haven't heard a peep about that. I don't know if the Democrats are trying to get that one too or maybe they're doing it more quietly. Don't know. The other big race tomorrow though is the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Now there's a ballot amendment in Wisconsin which require an ID to vote and there are a bunch of school board

    races but the big one is the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The reason this is a big deal is not only all the criminal justice stuff of course but if the Democrat wins they have said that they will redraw the district lines, the congressional district lines, and draw out two of the Republicans that currently have two seats. One of them, they would redraw the lines to add more of Madison, and the other, they would redraw the lines, I think, to add more of Milwaukee, so that they're now Democrat seats instead of

    Republican seats, the way they're written right now. Apparently, they did this the last time a progressive won, or when they originally took over control of the courts a couple years ago. I think it was 2021. And they did this, they redrew the state lines for the state house and the state senate to favor the Democrats. And they've said, they've said out loud, they're going to do this for the congressional seats

    as well. So that alone right there could change the entire makeup of the house, just this one Supreme Court race, which is why Trump and Elon have spent so much time and money there. So tomorrow we'll see if people show up. My big point I've been making is that we cannot just be a once every four year people. And maybe it's even worse than that.

    Maybe it's just a vote for Trump movement. That would be so lame. That'd be so pathetic. We can't just do that. It's going to be more than just, because Trump's not going to be on the ballot anymore. Or maybe one more time. But not right. Probably not. So if we're just a vote for Trump party, then that's it. That's the end of the party.

    There's no more party, no more chances to vote for Trump. But MAGA has got to be something bigger than Trump. I think Trump wants MAGA to be bigger than he wants his legacy to move on beyond him. So it has to be bigger than Trump. And we have to be more than once every four year people. We have to be midterm voters.

    We have to be primary voters. You wonder why there's such terrible candidates. Well, no one voted in the primary. And we have to be April 1st, 2025 voters as well. And if we're not, then we don't deserve to win. But we have big things happening, exciting things

    happening. And people who are in the more desperate situation, which is what the Democrats are right now, they have a little more zeal to vote. And we think we could just sit back. We're still in a victory parade from from back November. Like, oh, it's unbelievable.

    Every day there's something great happening. We just sit back and then it's gone. The opportunity to keep doing all these things is gone. And from a political standpoint, if Republicans lose the midterms, then it's just, that's it.

    Like, there's just impeachments for the last two years of Trump's term. That's the end of it. So we need huge wins and we need Randy Fine to win by 30 points. He needs to win by 30 points. Here's the last point and then we'll move to the Bible.

    There's, I keep getting this number, there's 30, I don't know if this is exactly right, but there's something around 30 Republican congressmen who are in districts that Kamala won. Don't quote me on the number. There's a bunch of moderate Republicans who are in blue districts or very close districts. And they're scared to vote for MAGA stuff because they think they're going to lose the next election if they do.

    And I've been trying to make the argument, no, Trump is running on 80-20 issues. Everything he's doing is 80-20. Like voter ID to vote, that's an 80-20 issue. So don't be scared because the media or the Democrats are telling you that that's so controversial. It's not. 80-20, it's like men and women's sports, like a 90-10 issue. Trump only does 80-20 issues.

    He was asked back in daylight savings time, whenever that was, a couple weeks ago, what he thinks we should do. And he said, listen, some people like it earlier, some people like it later. It's 50-50. I'm not going to get involved. He doesn't want 50-50 issues. He wants 80-20 issues. And that's all he's doing. And then moderate Republicans need to know that. These are 80-20 issues that he's fighting for. And you need to stand on the side of the 80 and don't be scared. But if Randy Fine only wins by six points in a plus 30

    Republican district, that's gonna send a message to a lot of the moderates, moderate Republicans, uh-oh I can't go all in as mag as I want or as I thought or as we want. So this has to be a huge win. So if you know anyone in Florida and these two districts, make sure they go vote and certainly anyone in Wisconsin as well. Now, that being said, I've got a couple of scriptures to share here.

    This is such an unsatisfying answer when we talk about how to win elections.

    It's a big question.

    How do we win elections? It takes money, a ton of money, so much money, ridiculous insane amounts of money. Takes knowing the right people, connections, good timing, got to hit it right. It oftentimes takes a strong person on the top of the ticket to get you over the finish line. There's a lot of reasons why you can lose an election.

    So you know, what does it take? It takes a lot. But the thing that's said the least is it takes God. I know we talked about this a week or two ago, but more and more scriptures keep popping up about the consequences of disobeying God. For a nation.

    First Chronicles nine. So all Israel was recorded by genealogies and indeed they were inscribed in the book of the kings of Israel. But Judah was carried away captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness." It's right there. It's clear. Well, why were they taken away by captive to Babylon?

    Because the Babylonians had stronger military apparatuses? No. No. It's not what it says. Wow, it's because of the geopolitical tensions of the moment. No.

    Why were they carried away captive? Because of their unfaithfulness. But what about the weather conditions during the battle?

    No.

    God could overcome anything if God if they remained faithful to God God would have protected them against anything doesn't matter how many empires would have come their way but because they remained unfaithful anyone would have taken them over we get so caught up in the intrigues of the country this country that country who's gonna win this battle that war, this election, that election. God's in control of all of it. We do our best, but God's in control of it all. Now the very next chapter is the

    death of Saul. The first king of Israel started off with so much potential, but this is how it ended. The battle became fierce against Saul. It's 1 Chronicles 10. The archers hit him and he was wounded by the archers. Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, draw your sword and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised men come and abuse me. But his armor-bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid.

    Therefore Saul took a sword and fell on it. And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died. So Saul and his three sons died, and all his house died together. Why? Why did that happen? Well, you see, Saul was... No.

    There's no, you see. Read verse 13. So Saul died for his lack of political acumen at the given moment. He didn't have enough money. He didn't have enough... No, no. Saul died for his unfaithfulness.

    Why was Judah taken over by Babylon? Unfaithfulness. Very next chapter. Why is Saul dead? His unfaithfulness, for which he committed against the Lord, because he did not keep the word of the Lord, and also because he consulted a medium

    for guidance. But he did not inquire the Lord. Therefore he, God, killed him and turned the kingdom over to David, the son of Jesse.

    Who killed Saul? Is Israel? Therefore he, capital H, therefore he killed him. Real quick on the consulting a medium. I saw a political commentator.

    I don't know this person enough.

    I don't want to call him out by name right now. But they were on some other show and she was talking about consulting a medium. I'm not that I think she's the word. I got that.

    That's not it.

    Stay away from that stuff. Leviticus 1931. I say I say that's not it meaning. This the conservative movement can't move in that direction. We can't be moving in that way. As conservatives as a conservative movement.

    Leviticus 19.31 says, Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God. That's what Saul did. He consulted a medium for God. So what do we consult?

    Instead, seek first the kingdom. Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." That's Matthew 6, right before that. Therefore do not worry, saying, what shall we eat? What shall we drink? What shall we wear? Who will win the next election? For after all these things the Gentiles seek, I added that election one, for your Heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But first, seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and

    all these things shall be added to you. This of course doesn't mean do nothing. No one ever says such a thing. I don't know of anywhere in the Bible, correct me if I'm wrong, if it ever says to sit back and do nothing. But also know in the end, God will do whatever he wants. Look at the kingdoms he raised and the kingdoms he fell in just a single sentence.

    We need to do what we can to win our elections. Whether they're on November 5th every four years, midterm elections, or a random Tuesday in April of an odd-numbered year. We've got to do everything we can to win every election we can. Every day. Every day.

    Seek first, but we can do it. The website is MikeSlater.Locals.com. We put the transcript and this episode commercial free up on the website MikeSlater.Locals.com. We put the transcript and this episode commercial free up on the website MikeSlater.Locals.com. This episode commercial free up on the website Mike Slater dot locals dot com.

     

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