We look around us at the news of the day and weep. How could it be that we have arrived here? And even more, is there any hope that we might recover from the radical ideologies that demand we silence the Gospel truth to exchange it for some “politically correct” agenda embracing all as truth, making nothing true. When will we ever really learn God is ALL? He is all we need. The truth, the light, and the way to life, joy, peace, and true love can only be found in God. And the only way to Him is through accepting His gracious gift of salvation purchased by Jesus Christ, His only begotten son who died on the cross to pay the price for our sin? Jesus Christ is God Incarnate, equal and distinct. A concept too large perhaps for our minds. One God, yet three.
But are we not like Him in this: body, soul and spirit? So, yes, I look around me at this great United States of America and weep. We, who know God have sat in silence and watched as the Bible was removed from our schools in the name of separation of church and state. Yet, in the name of teaching tolerance we allow the study of other faiths within those same academic walls. Joining hand in hand with the sexual freedom movement, we cast aside all that the Bible would teach us to keep our families together as strong units of faith. Embracing secular humanists’ socialistic ideologies, supposedly based on scientific experimentation; unless the science goes against—then truth is merely relative to one’s own ideas and desires. When all is relative, nothing stands as true. Darkness enters and light is overshadowed by shades of gray.
When Will We Ever Really Learn?
Although, we may feel that today is the worst it has ever been; yet, hasn’t humanity been here before? Unfortunately, more than once. Perhaps not the exact same; but, were not the sentiments of Elijah very similar as you or I might feel at times. “I only am left, so what can I do? Sadly, that has been throughout history the story of humanity running away from truth to seek their own narrative, their own ideologies in hopes of being their own gods. However, repeatedly as such they fail to discover the eutopia they seek. Throughout the Old Testament scripture, we see the story of the Jewish Nation whom God called “do that which was evil in the site of the Lord.” Yet, God would save them when they repented and turned to Him. With such patience and grace, He dealt with them.
In His Loving Kindness, He even allowed their enemies to overtake them so they might turn from their self-exalting false ideologies to turn their eyes once more upon Him. Yet, only a few realized that God is All they ever needed. He is the great I AM. There is no being apart from Him. Separated from Him, all our own being is nothingness. Lost and broken spirits struggling in darkness with no hope of discovering light or life. Every social experiment failing miserably with empires that rise and fall; because, they deny the only truth that can sustain victory. But this nothing new!
2 Peter 2
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise government. Presumptuous are they, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
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12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
Sounds like Today
When one reads these words of Peter, it sounds so much like today in our world. It sounds like America; but this was true in the early church. Furthermore, it was true during Noah’s days, Elijah’s day and repetitively throughout history. Hence it is amazing that any truth has survived. It is God’s amazing grace that He has not allowed humanity to destroy itself completely. He has intervened throughout history, revealing Himself, pleading with men and women to come to Him, recognizing God is ALL we need. Just as Peter wrote:
2 Peter 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord. According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
God is ALL
He offers us all things that pertain unto life and godliness through the KNOWLEDGE OF HIM. When will we really learn that God is ALL: the truth we must cling to? Our only hope. The only hope for our nation is this. That you and I, individually repent of our pride and selfish desires, turn to God, accepting Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. Then in the power of His might, pray for our nation. Finally, we must be the light shining into the darkness. Our voices must not be silent. Love demands we speak the truth before another soul perishes into eternal damnation.
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