Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! -Isaiah 5:20
I was reading an article yesterday about a state senator in Oklahoma who was calling for the banning of pornography. It was interesting seeing the responses. He was quickly ridiculed and made fun of on many of the late night talk shows. Social media pundits were mocking him. News outlets were making fun of him. Politicians and celebrities were laughing at him.
That is expected. What's really surprising is the lack of support from Christians. Or those "conservatives" out there. There were a few posts supporting him scattered around on X (Twitter), but for the most part, the overwhelming sentiment was mocking and ridiculing.
I've come to realize over the past few years that we are now a secular nation. The majority of politicians are corrupt and outright evil. Both parties. The public schools and universities are pumping out God hating rebels and destroying the faith of millions of kids that pass through.
You see, to most people, pornography isn't a big deal. Do what makes you happy, right? Selling your body for sex....who cares? It's your body, do what you want with it.
Decades ago when I first started studying the Bible, I always wondered how a nation as blessed as Israel would so quickly turn against God and run towards immorality. How could a nation that was given such abundance, peace, and grace, so quickly reject the God that gave it to them?
We see the answer to that playing out right before our eyes. Man is depraved. Left without Christ, we see the depths of utter evil that humanity will sink to. It's played out over and over throughout history.
America has been blessed. Most people my age and younger have lived in comfort. The supermarket shelves are full, plenty of medicine, and there isn't war in the streets. We've lived abundantly. God has blessed us.
That is VERY rare in the annuls of human history.
I love history. It is something that you can learn from. It is something that we should learn from. Unfortunately humans rarely do.
There will come a day when we will look back and see how good we had it. We had freedom and liberty but we forgot where it came from. We lived with abundance. But we forgot where it came from. We had peace. But we forgot where it came from. It all came from God.
We rejected Gods beautiful gift of a union between a man and a woman and embraced immorality. Anyone can have sex with anyone. We destroyed the family unit in the name of tolerance. And then we celebrated our immorality. We paraded through the streets and made a month to celebrate it! Those who disagreed were publicly ridiculed and made out to be narrow minded bigots.
We killed our children. In the womb. At first, it was in secret. Then it was public. Now it is celebrated. We brag about killing our children in the womb. We threw parties. We made videos on social media telling the world how wonderful it is.
The Bible was a book with some good stuff in it, but it's just a suggestion. God was whoever you wanted Him to be. First it was a few people, then we taught this to our children in public schools and university, then politicians instituted it in government, and finally the pulpit. Gay pastors....who cares right? Preach on sin? Absolutely not. Of course there isn't a hell. God loves everyone. It's all about tolerance and love.
Hatred and bitterness grew in our hearts. We forgot about God and His mercy and grace. We forgot about forgiveness. Instead we raged against our fellow man in our disagreements. We hated each other. Truth didn't matter. Our love had grown cold.
Families split up. Churches divided and fell. Political walls were put up. We divided ourselves by the color of our skin. No compromise. We became selfish and bitter. We devoured each other in our hatred. We killed each other over sports teams. We delighted in the deaths of those we disagreed with. We cheered the destruction of America because she was evil.
We had forgotten.
History has repeated itself. We've forgotten God. And we are paying the price.
But there is hope! There is peace in hard times. There is a Rock in times of trouble. There is a Savior and His name is Jesus Christ! He is still saving lives. Cling to Him.
Let us be resolved in our faith. Hard times are coming. You must be resolved to follow Christ. (see short video below). Be in prayer. Read your Bible. Obey what it says. Don't forget what Christ has done for you!
God is still on His Throne and I take comfort in that! -Steve
I was reading an article yesterday about a state senator in Oklahoma who was calling for the banning of pornography. It was interesting seeing the responses. He was quickly ridiculed and made fun of on many of the late night talk shows. Social media pundits were mocking him. News outlets were making fun of him. Politicians and celebrities were laughing at him.
That is expected. What's really surprising is the lack of support from Christians. Or those "conservatives" out there. There were a few posts supporting him scattered around on X (Twitter), but for the most part, the overwhelming sentiment was mocking and ridiculing.
I've come to realize over the past few years that we are now a secular nation. The majority of politicians are corrupt and outright evil. Both parties. The public schools and universities are pumping out God hating rebels and destroying the faith of millions of kids that pass through.
You see, to most people, pornography isn't a big deal. Do what makes you happy, right? Selling your body for sex....who cares? It's your body, do what you want with it.
Decades ago when I first started studying the Bible, I always wondered how a nation as blessed as Israel would so quickly turn against God and run towards immorality. How could a nation that was given such abundance, peace, and grace, so quickly reject the God that gave it to them?
We see the answer to that playing out right before our eyes. Man is depraved. Left without Christ, we see the depths of utter evil that humanity will sink to. It's played out over and over throughout history.
America has been blessed. Most people my age and younger have lived in comfort. The supermarket shelves are full, plenty of medicine, and there isn't war in the streets. We've lived abundantly. God has blessed us.
That is VERY rare in the annuls of human history.
I love history. It is something that you can learn from. It is something that we should learn from. Unfortunately humans rarely do.
There will come a day when we will look back and see how good we had it. We had freedom and liberty but we forgot where it came from. We lived with abundance. But we forgot where it came from. We had peace. But we forgot where it came from. It all came from God.
We rejected Gods beautiful gift of a union between a man and a woman and embraced immorality. Anyone can have sex with anyone. We destroyed the family unit in the name of tolerance. And then we celebrated our immorality. We paraded through the streets and made a month to celebrate it! Those who disagreed were publicly ridiculed and made out to be narrow minded bigots.
We killed our children. In the womb. At first, it was in secret. Then it was public. Now it is celebrated. We brag about killing our children in the womb. We threw parties. We made videos on social media telling the world how wonderful it is.
The Bible was a book with some good stuff in it, but it's just a suggestion. God was whoever you wanted Him to be. First it was a few people, then we taught this to our children in public schools and university, then politicians instituted it in government, and finally the pulpit. Gay pastors....who cares right? Preach on sin? Absolutely not. Of course there isn't a hell. God loves everyone. It's all about tolerance and love.
Hatred and bitterness grew in our hearts. We forgot about God and His mercy and grace. We forgot about forgiveness. Instead we raged against our fellow man in our disagreements. We hated each other. Truth didn't matter. Our love had grown cold.
Families split up. Churches divided and fell. Political walls were put up. We divided ourselves by the color of our skin. No compromise. We became selfish and bitter. We devoured each other in our hatred. We killed each other over sports teams. We delighted in the deaths of those we disagreed with. We cheered the destruction of America because she was evil.
We had forgotten.
History has repeated itself. We've forgotten God. And we are paying the price.
But there is hope! There is peace in hard times. There is a Rock in times of trouble. There is a Savior and His name is Jesus Christ! He is still saving lives. Cling to Him.
Let us be resolved in our faith. Hard times are coming. You must be resolved to follow Christ. (see short video below). Be in prayer. Read your Bible. Obey what it says. Don't forget what Christ has done for you!
God is still on His Throne and I take comfort in that! -Steve
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