Title: You're a wreck; you need deliverance- by Jide Akinbua.

History has shown us that man needs to be delivered from himself. From the outset of the world men have fought systems and tyrannical governments that sought to keep them in bondage. Many have given their lives to dethrone governments that they thought were going mad with power and, in their place, established governments that suit their cause and desires.

From the emergence of the brutal Roman Caesars to the rise of the vicious German Nazi power as represented in power—thirsty Adolf Hitler, humanity has experienced with bloody tears in her eyes how much evil one man can inflict on the world if invested with absolute power. In order to curb and restrict the power of government and to put an end once and for all to the evil inflicted by the *Powers-that-be* on the masses, legislators went back into their legal factory and fabricated what they called modern democracy.

This was met with a standing ovation by the masses since it armed them with the right to put in power the man of their choice and depose him in the event that he didn't dance to their tune. In essence, democracy is the government of the people. Democracy involves the devolution of power from one man to a set of rules called the constitution in which are enshrined the fundamental human rights and around which other miscellaneous laws are enacted. They thought they had finally squashed the evil of government with the iron fist of democracy but little did they know that this would be replaced by the evil of the masses.

In a quest for freedom the masses started to push the envelope by clamoring for the legalisation of things which previously were considered abominable—gay rights, abortion, prostitution, incest, bestiality. Armed with the fundamental human rights these abominations were forced into laws. One evil replaced by another. It now comes down to this solemn question:

Are the forms of government the problem or men?

It goes without saying that the government is only as good as the people who are involved in it. There is nothing inherently evil about monarchy, autocracy or democracy instead there is something inherently wrong with humans. Oh man! You need deliverance! James Madison, the fourth U.S. President, once said:

"If men were angels, no government would be necessary!"

Unfortunately, men are not angels. Man is a fallen being who needs to be saved. So it is not shocking when you hear of bestiality being legalised in Canada or gay marriage in America because fallen man can only be true to his nature. Therefore, Democracy doesn't afford freedom but more bondage, because man's problem isn't political— it is spiritual. You need deliverance, oh man! This deliverance can only be found in Christ.

Jesus saves! I rest my pen.

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