Thinx 118: Conspiracy

Yes, there is a conspiracy. It is the conspiracy of the flesh against the Spirit which has existed since Genesis 3, some six thousand or so years ago. Perhaps this is what 2 Thessalonians 2:7 is talking about where is says that "the mystery of lawlessness is already at work."

Notice how bipartisan this conspiracy is: both the political left, the political right and everything in between can join in without compromising their own principles. Yes, the political left is often styled as the enemy of the gospel but the political right is not necessarily a friend. Each of the Ten Commandments, God's moral law, can be as readily broken by a Conservative as by a Communist.

Conflating a political stance with the gospel is dangerous. It is a form of syncretism. It is always the gospel that suffers.