MacKenzie Scott has donated over $26 billion to nonprofits.
Around $1 billion of that ($786M confirmed but many donation amounts aren't disclosed) has funded 226 organizations focused either fully or partly on "gender identity."
This funds children's access to puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and irreversible and often sterilizing surgeries.
She is directly funding the largest medical scandal against children we've ever seen.
Meanwhile, the entire movement opposing sex and gender pseudoscience engulfing science, medicine, and culture runs on maybe ~$10M annually. Hard to say exactly, but it's minuscule in comparison.
We are so out-funded it's laughable.
If you're extremely wealthy, consider donating to competent organizations help combat the behemoth we're up against.
No organization turns donation money into real policy change more efficiently than the Manhattan Institute (@ManhattanInst).
(Disclosure: I work there. But it's true)
The fight against pediatric gender "medicine" and sex pseudoscience is far from over.
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However, the closest most clear indication in scripture on the length of a generation is given in the book of Genesis
Genesis 15:13-16 (KJV)
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
400 years in captivity, they move out in the 4th generation.
Meaning a generation is closer to if not 100 years which falls more accurately with the fig tree analogy of present Israel and the imminent rapture of the church.
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They witnessed His death.
They witnessed His burial.
They witnessed Him alive again.
Then they were commissioned to change the world.
Faith in Yeshua is unlike religious systems built on the claimed revelation of a single guru or prophet. It rests on the testimony of many eyewitnesses who saw the Messiah, crucified and risen, conquer death itself.
The gospel is not founded on a private experience. It is founded on public evidence witnessed by many.
Most of Asia cuts inflation through regulatory price mechanisms for essential commodities such as food and energy.
The entire free market idea was misunderstood here.
If the private sector insists on predatory means to maximize profits, essential services should then be nationalized.
WALKING IN THE SPIRIT IS THE ANSWER
📖 "...Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh" (Galatians 5: 16).
The solution to the challenges associated with the flesh, the world, and temptation is heeding the definitive instruction from the Word of God to walk in the Spirit. From some of our earlier studies, we observed that the flesh operates by desire, the world by influence, and temptation by internal inclination.
But there's a higher life in Christ. When you walk in the Spirit, His life that's inherent in your recreated human spirit is expressed effortlessly. That's why He didn't call us to fight the flesh, the world, or the devil but to simply live according to our nature. The flesh has been crucified (Galatians 5: 24), you've overcome the world (1 John 5:4), and the devil is defeated (Hebrews 2: 14).
Walking in the Spirit, therefore, is not a struggle; it's the expression of your true nature. It's walking in the Word, where the fruits of the spirit---love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance---flow naturally from within you. This is the life of the Christian. Christianity isn't a religion, and it's not a struggle with sin, the flesh, or the devil; it's the transcendent life in Christ. It's the unveiling and manifestation of the Christ-nature in you. Hallelujah!
You're not called to battle the flesh, the world, or the devil. You're called to live the life of the Spirit. As you give yourself to the Word and yield to the Holy Spirit, His life in you gains ascendancy over the flesh. Therefore, walk in the Spirit consciously and consistently, expressing your true nature in Christ; in doing so, you rise above all limitations and live triumphantly every day.
*CONFESSION*
I walk in the Spirit, conscious of my divine nature in Christ, and I manifest His glory and righteousness. I live by the power of the Spirit. The life of Christ is expressed in and through me, producing love, joy, peace and excellence. I walk in victory every day, fulfilling God's purpose for my life. Hallelujah!
*FURTHER STUDY:*
Galatians 5: 16-24
"[16] [This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. [17] For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. [18] But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. [19] Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these;] Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, [20] Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, varience, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, [21] Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. [22] But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, [23] Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. [24] And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts."
Romans 8: 13-14 NIV
"13] For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. [14] For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God."
*DAILY SCRIPTURE READING:*
*1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:*
Acts 7: 54- 8:1-8 & 2 Chronicles 31-32
*2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:*
2 Corinthians 5: 11-21 & Isaiah 4
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THE REAL SOURCE OF TEMPTATION
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed (James 1: 14).
The Word of God reveals something profound about temptation and how it comes. Temptation doesn’t begin outside; it begins from within. We just read it: “… every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust....” It didn’t say by someone else’s actions or external pressure; it says you’re tempted when you’re lured by your own lust.
That means the source is internal. Only what your heart already craves can tempt you. So, when people fall into temptation, it’s not the environment that caused it but the inclination of their heart. It’s not what they were exposed to but what they were already attracted to.
The Bible gives us the progression: “Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death” (James 1: 15). First, there’s attraction, then contemplation, followed by conception, and finally, manifestation. It doesn’t start with the act; it begins with what was allowed from within.
That’s why the focus should always be on your heart. The Bible says to guard your heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life (Proverbs 4: 23). It’s about what you permit to take root within you. Many try to avoid temptation by avoiding situations; while that may be helpful, the real issue is the condition of the heart.
A man is not tempted simply because something exists; he is tempted because something in him responds. This is why blaming others for your slips, errors, or temptations is disingenuous. The Scripture is clear: you’re tempted when you’re drawn away by what already has a hold on your heart.
That means the responsibility is personal. And this isn’t to bring condemnation but understanding, because once the source is understood, the solution becomes clear. You don’t deal with temptation through fear; you overcome it with the light of God’s Word and by walking in the Spirit. When you walk in the Spirit, you will not fulfil the desires of the flesh: “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh” (Galatians 5 :16).
PRAYER / CONFESSION
Dear Father, thank you for the light of your Word that gives me understanding. I’m not led by wrong desires; I walk in the Spirit and manifest the nature of righteousness. I live above every influence of the flesh, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
James 1: 13-15 NIV; Galatians 5: 16-21 NIV; Matthew 5 :27-28
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Acts 7:1-53; 2 Chronicles 29-30
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
2 Corinthians 5:1-10; Isaiah 3
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Let your love for Him compel and constrain you at all times. Affection is the battleground of the Christian life.
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