Why?
Answer: Because we are children of the "ME" generation, and we are transitioning into the tribal generation. Tribalism is all about the tribe I belong to, not the people I belong to.
I grew up in Africa and worked there later, and I KNOW whereof I speak. To this day, even after all the modern changes in Africa, tribalism is still ripping African nations apart. Tribalism is still bloodying the streets of Nairobi and Kinshasa.
Here is David Brooks on the history of cultures over the past hundred years, and his analysis of where we are now is absolutely terrifying. The only solution is to find people to belong to, people whom you will SERVE, not recruit to hate Liberals or Donald Trump.
Watch and learn:
The pathetic thing about American tribalism is that, while the Republicans have Big Chief Donald, the Democrats are being divided off into the Hilleryites, the Maxineites, and the Obamaites. The Bernieites and Bidenites will soon unite around their chiefs. Sorta Big Chiefette Maxine has already called her warriors to attack physically, so we are now in the phase of the tribes killing one another.
We need churches, lead by truly Bible believing pastors, where the foyer talk is not about Hillary and Donald. We need churches where members find one another between Sundays in order to be a family, the children of the Bridegroom. We need churches that understand that righteousness exalteth a nation, not a tribal chief. We need to find people to SERVE.
Ruth 1:16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
The spirit of Ruth, in loyalty to Naomi, is the loyalty true Bible believers have for one another. This is not very common in Christian churches today. The way to tell if a local church is a culture of service and loyalty is to learn how often the members find one another between Sundays. This loyalty is not found in tribalism. You will not find Republicans going out of their way to help someone simply because they are a Republican, and Democrats are the same.
Some of the worst tribalism found in Christian churches is in Fundamental Baptist churches. They are all divided off into "camps," which are nothing but tribes. They will not associate with one another, usually over some picky dress code, or because "they support Crown College." This better stop, or local churches will soon become war zones.
David Brooks talked about a culture where people fall in love with people. Are Trump's supporters in love with him? Absolutely not. They are in love with themselves. That is why he has made such an effort to fix the economy and trade. He knows that people love wealth and themselves.
So, if you have fallen in love with Jesus, do you love his people?
That question startled you, right. That is because you are in church, but you are not a lover of Jesus. You are a damned to Hell church member. The reason there is so little love being passed around at church is because most church members in the End Times are goats, they are lost sinners and unrepentant. They love themselves.
2 Timothy 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Pastor, either preach this problem back out the door, or you will go to Hell with the goats. A pastor who does not teach his people to love one another is a hireling and knows not the Shepherd. If your local church defines itself by who it dislikes, instead of defining itself by who it loves, your church is a tribe, not the Church of Jesus Christ.
Also, a pastor who leads the people to exalt and praise Big Chief Trump does not understand who God is.
