Slander

Scripture

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.

~Ephesians 4:31, NIV

Quote

Speak not injurious words, neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion.

~George Washington

I have a friend who is a type of CEO; A group within his organization have initiated a slander campaign. They are trying to undermine his credibility and tarnish his name. It can all be traced back to a none compomising stand he took a couple of years ago. This small group was unhappy with the outcome and so they have targeted him. What they are doing is malicious and vengeful. Here is the unfortuante part: he has to deal with it. They have successfully created a problem. To a degree, their slander has worked.

The Greek word for slander is blasphēmia,a word you are familiar with. It means to speak evil against. It is to say something that will be injurious to a person’s character. Slander is almost always based on a lie. David spoke of slanders in Psalm 5…For they cannot speak one truthful word. Their hearts are filled to the brim with wickedness. Their suggestions are full of the stench of sin and death. Their tongues are filled with flatteries to gain their wicked ends. Paul quotes part of this verse in Romans 3:10. Psalm 5 makes it clear that God abhors slander and no God fearing man will take part in a slander compaign. Why? Because he knows God will hold him accountable. The wicked do not fear God nor accountability. They are very pragmatic and they have no moral restraints: what ever works is good and they know that slander works.

The left {Media in particular} destroyed Dan Quayle almost overnight. It was a conspiracy in retaliation for Bush senior not giving them a clue as to who he would have as his running mate. He embarrassed the media publicly and they retaliated by going after the defenseless Quayle. It worked; they drove this young Christian man out of the political arena. They did with Nixon, then Quayle and they have conspired to do it to Trump. We have a couple of things in our favor. What they are doing is wicked and immoral and God hates it. They will be a day of reckoning. Secondly, the media has lost a lot of credibility. They have slandered so many that we no longer trust them. I do not believe a thing they say. Thirty years ago there were not that many in agreement with me on the unreliability of the media but those numbers have grown. There are still some dupes out there, but not as many.