The god of this world

The god of this world

In their case the god of this world has 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 the minds of the 𝐮𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. - 2 Cor 4:4

The word 'blinded' means 'cloudy perspective'.

The word 'unbelievers' does not necessarily mean the unconverted. While the context is about the Gospel, the word 'unbelievers' comes from the Greek word 'apistos', which means 'unconvinced and unpersuaded by God' ----- and this also applies to Christians (Titus 1:15-16) who have a form of godliness but without power (which means that there is no understanding of the Kingdom of God).

The knowledge (revelation) of the Kingdom of God directly opposes the knowledge of the world, which belongs to the god of this world aka the prince of the power of the air. For the carnal mind is always hostile against God (Rom 8:7) and it exalts itself against the knowledge of God (2 Cor 10:4-5).

In today's situation, the god of this world has indeed caused many to have cloudy perspective. Confusion is never from God. If you are swaying from the left to the right, it also means that there is no foundation to begin with.

When the carnal mind in the world unites together for ONE solution, you can be almost certain that the power at work behind it belongs to the prince of the power of the air, where the world lies in subjection to (1 John 5:19). 

If the whole world won't unite for One God, they won't unite for One God-solution. But if you subscribe to the 'God is in control of the whole world's situation', then yeah, you will believe that the whole world provides one same solution because it's from God. Unfortunately, this is untrue because He has given you the authority and the power to take dominion on earth.

Many who believe in the 'God-permits-it-mindset' are also usually the ones who sit back and do nothing and just follow the majority. The first century believers, on the other hand, were the ones who penetrated all the arenas of life because they understood dominion.

I'm not sharing this to divide anybody. Because if it can cause a division among believers, it shows that the ones who get upset and get divided have no maturity. Maturity means that I can hear a different perspective and still not be offended. Otherwise, it's fake kind of loving your neighbours (just like how it is being promoted now by religion). I don't like to play church or religion. I'm all in for the Kingdom of God.

We are soldiers of Christ, not sissy.

It does not matter who says this and who says that. It doesn't even matter WHO is the one who says it. The Word must be exalted above all and if your trust is not in the Word, you need to re-evaluate if you are a Christian who simply professes a religion or a believer who truly confesses Christ as Lord & Saviour.