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The Unwinnable Game

It seems that some people can’t fathom the possibility of a game you cannot win. We’ve been raised to believe that those in authority wouldn’t design a game where losing is inevitable. But why not? If you can convince people they can win, no matter how remote the possibility, they will continue to play. Even if you change the rules in the middle of the game, people will persist. So deep is the denial — the lack of desire to accept the reality of an inevitable loss — that they will hold on to any false hope that they can cling to in order to avoid coming to that conclusion.

I also find it interesting that it seems natural to people that an outmanned and/or outgunned force can defeat a much more powerful enemy. It’s a common theme in movies, and people don’t question whether or not it’s realistic. People also apply it to real-life scenarios as well. It seems this belief hasn’t been conditioned out of us as so many other ones have. And yet, where does it come from? On its face, it seems implausible; the ones with the bigger weapons and larger numbers should seemingly always win. And yet they don’t always win. So, why is that? Unfortunately, people are often too eager to credit themselves for saving the day when if fact the One who deserves the credit is God.

The fact is there are games human beings cannot win — odds that human beings cannot beat. But there is no game God cannot win — no odds God cannot defeat. I like to say that God is the only One who can win at chess with just pawns (and a king).

It’s not surprising, therefore, that people who have aspirations for world domination would first begin by undermining society’s belief in God. The only way they can be defeated is God. The only way we can win is through repentance and reconciliation with God. And the way of reconciliation is through the Messiah, Jesus Christ.