Isaiah warned of a people who would call evil good and good evil, turn light into darkness and darkness into light, excuse the guilty, punish the innocent, and reject the law of the Lord. He said sorrow would follow—not as a threat, but as the natural result of living against truth.
That warning now hangs over America.
The liberal left, expressed through woke ideology, does not simply argue with biblical truth—it seeks to replace it. Truth is treated as flexible. Morality becomes personal. Feelings outrank facts. God’s order is pushed aside and labeled harmful or outdated. The belief is simple: if enough people accept the lie, the lie becomes the new truth.
They also understand something important: truth is carried by people. The vessel is not an institution or a tradition. The vessel is a person. So the attack is personal. They search the past, expose failure, magnify weakness, and say to anyone who speaks truth, “How can you say this? Look at your life.” The goal is not correction—it is silence. If the messenger can be discredited, the message can be dismissed.
And they are right about one thing. We are damaged. Our failures and sins can make the truth harder to hear. A broken life can weaken how a message is received. That damage is real. But it does not change the truth.
As George Orwell warned, “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
Truth does not depend on the perfection of the messenger. Even when the vessel is cracked, the truth it carries remains whole. God’s Word stands on its own authority, not on the credibility of fallen people.
When a society believes a lie instead of the truth, the cost is severe. Right and wrong blur until justice loses meaning. Accountability fades, and power grows unchecked. Identity fractures, leaving confusion where purpose once stood. Families weaken as responsibility and truth are redefined. Freedom shrinks, because lies must be enforced to survive. What remains is sorrow—slow, deep, and generational.
A society that lives by truth looks different. Truth brings clarity. Justice protects the innocent. Accountability builds trust. Identity is rooted in something stable and enduring. Families grow stronger. Freedom expands, because truth does not need force to stand. Hope remains, because life aligns with the way God designed it to work.
So the challenge is simple: STAND. Stand without reshaping truth to gain approval. Stand knowing you are imperfect. Stand without fear or retreat. Scripture never called believers to be flawless—it called them to be faithful.
Isaiah’s warning still stands. When truth is rejected, sorrow follows. Not because truth failed—but because it was abandoned.