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There are so many problems with our society today that it would take a volume of books to
merely define the most virulent ailments, social and political, but they all have one thing
in common...fuzzy thinking. The vast majority of Americans appear to be fuzzy thinkers, at
least where the critical issues of our time are concerned. Let me nail down "fuzzy" for you...human thinking, cosmic thinking, thoughts which reflect the meager capacity of the creature homosapien to contend with the legion challenges of our time in history. We were not put here to survive on our own wits and skills, and no fact demonstrates this truth more vividly than the failure of humanity to rule in peace and justice. The antithesis of fuzzy thinking is utlimate reality, TRUTH which is rooted in the eternal state, GOD'S THINKING. Only God is omniscient. His knowledge exceeds human wisdom to an infinate degree. In His own words; "My ways are higher than your ways, and my thoughts higher than your thoughts." In God's grand design a fundamental necessity is His precise message to us, a body of knowledge that conveys the power and wisdom to man by which he dwells in freedom and prosperity. Who better to dictate a course of action and lifestyle than the Creator? His foreknowledge of our every hour gives Him, alone, the ultimate end of every minute action, every nuance of reality. How wonderful it is that a God with such amazing love has been the One who charted our course through the maze of woes on the battlegroud of this life, and assured the deliverance of our souls from eternal damnation. Understanding the import of the mission we are embarked upon, to serve as instruments of God, only comes to full weight when the Believer has assimilated an enormous amount of Bible Doctrine. In effect, he comes to the point where he literally thinks what God thinks. But this incredible phenomenon only comes of thousands of hours of study, and a determined attempt to apply the lessons of Scripture to our daily lives. God commands us to have the same mind within us that was also in our Lord, Christ Jesus. How more clear can it be? How more magnificent? We are designed to be "vessels of honor", fashioned by the Master Potter's deft touch. All Christians who fail to execute God's plan for their lives, without doctrine in their souls, are "vessels of dishonor". They will be saved, but so far as this life is concerned, they are down for the count. What makes a plain clay vessel "honorable"? What it holds, of course! The content is what has value, and in our case that cargo is God Himself. Herein is the hidden miracle that we are priviledged to enjoy; that we, a finite creature, have been given the ability to process and act upon the Essence of God, Truth. The simple majesty of this marvel is how understated it is. This conduit which gives travel to Divine power functions in complete silence, undectectable to the human eye, and most of the time, misunderstood. My pastor calls this age the Age of the Invisible Hero. Yet none would be astounded by a hero's life. It consists of thousands of intricate motions and words, most dealing with complex spiritual issues, but very subdued. Only the individual truly understands the significance of the transaction between himself and God, and that melding of thought only occurs with the catalyst of Bible Doctrine. How terribly sad that so many Christians, and all Americans, have strayed from God's path. Our society reflects the Godlessness that spreads across the landscape. Crime, greed, corruption, lies, deceptions, lasciviousness, drug addiction, power lust, homosexuality... This young generation will emerge from a lifestyle laced with a drug culture, spoiled by permissiveness, and trained in the arts of self-realization rather than the core values which God has imparted to us. There is no more inevitable consequence than that of defying the Living God. Others have tried that. It doesn't pay off. The Pharoah comes to mind. The Assyrians. Adolf Hitler. Rest assured, the ailments in our society stem entirely from our departure from God's law! He says that He will write His laws onto the tables of the heart to all them who seek Him diligently, studying His Word. We worship him "...in Spirit and in Truth." I am sorry to say that my expectations for America's future are not encouraging. The corruption in our elected officials, the greed in corporate America, and greed from people who file multi-million dollar damage suits, our apathy about crime, liberal judges who turn criminals loose on the innocent, our fractured society, open hatred from an honorable President, rampant racism (mostly from blacks), our bloated beauracracy, our evil mainstream press, and one of the worst epeidemics, homosexuality. God has declared this a measure of a nation's degeneracy, and their expectancy of judgement. One thing is certain; only God can bail us out of this mess! |