The Culture War is a Spiritual War! Part 3 – The Vision Regarding Our Moral Compass

In early January, God began speaking to me about our moral compass again.  On January 7, 2019, I published “It’s Time to Recalibrate Our Moral Compass!”  On January 10th, three days later, Fox News reported, “Something very strange is happening to Earth’s magnetic North Pole, and no one knows why. ”  It says (note I added bold large print to make a point):

“The magnetic pole is moving so quickly that it has forced the world’s geomagnetism experts into a rare move,” Nature reports.

On January 30 (delayed due to the US Government shutdown), the World Magnetic Model — which governs modern navigation systems — is due to undergo an urgent update.

This model is a vital component of systems ranging from geopositioning systems used to navigate ships through to smartphone trackers and maps.

The current model was expected to be valid until 2020. But the magnetic pole began to shift so quickly, it was realized in 2018 that the model had to be fixed — now.”

The scripture reveals what God uses signs and wonders for.  Jeremiah 32:21 indicates that God brought His people out of the land of Egypt by signs and wonders, while Daniel 6:27 says, “He delivers and rescues, and He works signs and wonders in heaven and on earth…”  In Isaiah 44:25-26 God says “Who frustrates the signs of babblers, and drives diviners mad: who turns wise men backwards and makes their knowledge foolishness.  Who confirms the word of His servant, and performs the counsel of His messenger…” Signs and wonders are used to:

• Show God’s people a way out of bondage

• Deliver His people

• Confirm the word of His servants or messengers

• This Sign Should Make You Wonder

It should make you wonder if “It’s Time to Recalibrate Your Moral Compass!”  My friends, the sign indicates they had to recalibrate their instruments NOW!  They could not wait.  God is using this sign to put His exclamation point on it with a sense of urgency.  NOW IS THE TIME!

Since God marked this message with a supernatural sign, I believe the wisest thing to do is to just share with you the revelation, the vision He gave me on January 7, 2019, which was originally published on our blog in “It’s Time to Recalibrate Our Moral Compass!“

As I was waiting on the Lord before the sun rose the other morning, the Lord suddenly dropped a vision in my spirit of a moral compass. A compass is used to navigate to a destination, and it’s an essential tool to help determine where you are on a journey if it is calibrated correctly.

You see, in the world, there is “true north” and “magnetic north.”  Magnetic north is impacted by the magnetism of the world in the location where the compass is actually located.  The magnetism introduces an error, which we call deviation.

When the deviation is known, a correction can be applied to the compass to point to true north.

When the compass is properly calibrated it can be combined with an accurate map that displays the lay of the land.  Then you can navigate effectively. 

Land navigation is especially important to armies in war.  Good generals understand strategically and tactically how to use the land to their advantage. 

We are in a culture war.  In this kind of war, the lay of the land is determined by who controls the language, as words are used to determine the boundaries or frame an issue. 

Remember that Satan is the father of lies, a deceiver and a murderer (John 8:44).  He comes to kill, steal, and destroy (John 10:10). That’s his modus operandi.  The best lies and best deceits include significant portions of truth. 

Why? Because it is easier to trick more people through ignorance and apathy. 

Two Key Strategies of Satan in the Culture War
The culture war is the place where the spiritual war that spilled from heaven to earth in Revelation 12 manifests on earth working through people. Satan and his angels were kicked out of heaven and it says in Revelation 12:17 that the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring. The offspring were described as those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. The war, my friends, is over truth.  Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, while Satan is a liar, a deceiver, a thief, and a murderer.

The prize?  The souls of men and women and their eternal destiny in heaven or in hell.

I would say there are 7 major theaters of operations today in societies around the world.  They are:

• Religion

• Family

• Government

• Business

• Education

• Media/Arts/Entertainment

• Healthcare

There are issues within each of these spheres that define the lay of the land.  Remember, language or words are used to define the lay of the land in a culture war. He who controls the language controls the lay of the land.  In a sense, language can be used to create a map of the various issues.  Hidden within each issue are various traps.

2 Corinthians 2:11 reveals that we are not ignorant of the enemy’s devices.  The term translated devices from the Greek literally means his thoughts, his mind, and his purpose.  If you know the root, you will be better positioned to identify the fruit and recognize the snares that the sons and daughters of Satan (John 8:44) set.  They’ll use various elements in an issue to lay a labyrinth of traps for the unsuspecting and naive. 

Evil Strategy #1
Both strategies are executed simultaneously.  The first thing I’ll highlight is how Satan will seek to change the map through deceit.  This is accomplished by redefining terms or even inventing words.  This is done to create a terrain that gives an advantage to evil people who are influenced by the demonic.

So evil strategy #1 is to change the map!  Change the argument to put the righteous on the defensive and at a disadvantage. They do this so as to create a faux or a false moral high ground. Why? Because the high ground always gives the combatants a strategic advantage.

Let me give an example using the abortion issue, which is played out in the Family, Government, and Healthcare spheres. A major player is called “Planned Parenthood.”  Sounds like a great name that would speak to planning for becoming a family.  Only that is not what it does.  It’s an abortion factory that seeks to avert the consequences of having sex outside of marriage in most cases.  They actually murder unborn children.  This evil system has helped slaughter 10 times more people than the six to eight million Jews who were murdered through the holocaust in WWII.  That is a powerful comparison that illustrates the magnitude of this abomination.

They created a term called “Pro-Choice” while labeling those who stood with the truth “Anti-Abortion.”  They used these terms along with lies such as “it’s a woman’s body.”  The truth is, it is actually two bodies with two hearts, two brains, etc.

Ignorance and apathy have allowed the majority to accept the map of the issue that the Liberal Left Democrats have drawn up.  It’s not based on truth, but rather on their lies.  It’s based on the way they want to frame an issue.  Their goal is to give themselves an advantage by creating the perception of a moral high ground. That perception, that high ground, is false.

It is Isaiah 5:20 where they call evil good and good evil. So, the truth is, their high ground is actually the low ground. The Church, for the most part, has been on the defensive. Passive, choosing to allow them to change definitions and the truth. It’s time to take the initiative and the narrative back. 

Evil Strategy #2 
Satan is the tempter.  He understands the lust of the eyes, the lusts of the flesh, and the pride of life well.  In fact, in 2 Corinthians 4:4, he is called the god of this world, and it says, “​In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”   He blinds people. 

The god of this world understands human nature and will seek to draw upon people’s weaknesses to cause them to sin.  Why?  Because he knows sin, iniquity, and abominations are terribly destructive.  His goal is to kill, steal, and destroy, and what better way than to do that than through the “magnetism of this world.” 

That’s how he introduces deviation to the moral compass.  To get you to miss the mark does not require you to make a 180-degree turn.  It just requires you to be off a few degrees to miss the mark.  If you are off by 10 or 15 degrees, you could miss the entire target.

Calibrating Your Moral Compass to Adjust for Deviation
The Bible says in:

• Psalm 119:160 “The entirety of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever.”  

• Proverbs 3:4-5 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.”

This means that our actions, decisions, and words ought to be compared to God’s word.  That is how you adjust for deviation.  Then you will be able to say:

• Psalm 119:30-32 “I have chosen the way of truth; Your judgments I have laid before me. I cling to Your testimonies; O Lord, do not put me to shame! I will run the course of Your commandments, For You shall enlarge my heart.”

• I chose to follow Jesus for He has shown me the way:  John 14:6 “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

It’s Time to Re-Draw the Map Accurately
When your moral compass is properly calibrated, you are better able to navigate the terrain.  But you must be wary that the map many use today was developed by our adversary.  A properly calibrated compass is not very useful if the map is false or wrong.  It will lead you to a place you do not expect.

In my book, first published 14 years ago as Developing Apostolic Strategy, which has now doubled in content and is now released in May 2026 as "Hit the Mark - 8 Timeless Principles Authored by Yahweh Sabaoth," I share about the eight major biblical principles of war.  The principle of offense states that offense is the only way you get victory.  Defense only avoids or delays defeat unless it is combined with an offensive strategy. 

The Church has been on the defensive far too long, as is evidenced by the moral condition of our nation's laws.  Hence, that is why the Demoncrats have successfully defended legalizing the murder of the unborn since 1972. 

Charles Finney said in the 1800’s that ‘If Satan rules in our halls of legislation, the pulpit is responsible for it.  If our politics become so corrupt that the very foundations of our government are ready to fall away, the pulpit is responsible for it. This quote came from Mario Murrilo’s January 5, 2019, article, “Many Will Fall Away but an even Bigger Harvest is Coming.”

All I can say is AMEN!  That is the TRUTH!