Say what one will about guns, knives, cars, trucks, bomb making material, etc. That stuff can be banned from the Earth. But unless men repent, give up their evil thoughts, give up listening to false teachers telling them to kill everyone who doesn’t submit to a certain religion, etc., there will still be evil among us!
The problem is the heart and if that doesn’t change, the evil doers will still find a way to commit horrible acts (Matthew 15:18-20). Repentance must be personal, beginning with people looking at their lives to see if the way they live compares to the values of the word of God (Matt. 7:12). So to the person thinking about going on a murderous rampage. Don’t! That is Satan trying to convince you to do a damnable act. Resist him. Change your life, quit the evil thoughts and seek God. The word of the Lord is ancient, everlasting, and untouchable by any foe (Isaiah 55:8-11; Jeremiah 36:22-32). Because the Lord is God, He knows all and the word which He gives needs no upgrade to make it compatible with the times. For God’s word is fitted to last though every generation and will judge man at the end (John 12:48; Matthew 24:35; 1 Peter 1:23-25). In our progressive times men seek changes; they want to change ancient landmarks which the word of God has established to last forever (Matt. 19:4-6).
But that will not be the case because it is man not God who must change (Malachi 3:6). God’s word will outlast the liberal thinking people of today, and the word which they called “outdated,” will judge them on the last day (Revelation 20:12). People also say they don’t want to be dinosaurs. To which we say; “if you stay with the word of God, you won’t be a dinosaur; for they are extinct. People who follow the word of God don’t become extinct, they last forever (1 John 2:15-17). So pay no attention to the dinosaur label, for such is an attempt by progressives as they drift farther away from the word which God has ordain (Deuteronomy 28:15-68; Psalms 9:17; 2 John 8). When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust. He said “Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink. But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence” Jonah 3:1-10.
Say what one will about guns, knives, car’s, trucks, bomb making material, etc. That stuff can be banned from the earth. But unless men repent, give up their evil thoughts, give up listening to false teachers telling them to kill everyone who doesn’t submit to a certain religion. etc There will still be evil among us! The problem is the heart and if that doesn’t change; the evil doers will still find a way to commit horrible acts (Matthew 15:18-20). Repentance must be personal, beginning with people looking at their lives to see if the way they live compares to the values of the word of God (Matt. 7:12). So to the person thinking about going on a murderous rampage. Don’t do it! That is Satan trying to convince you to do a damnable act. Resist him. Change your life, quit the evil thoughts and seek to learn the ways of the Lord! Don’t aspire to be politically correct—just be correct because there is a difference. Political correction originated in the mind of men, as they attempt to please every fiber of thought in existence. They will say, “Don’t do this or you will offend the ?????” “Or don’t say such because, ??? doesn’t like it.” etc. etc.
Obeying the word of God, demands that we speak as our Creator speaks and to define things as He does (Matthew 15:1-21). God’s ways aren’t man’s and He will never yield to what man has dreamed up (Acts 17:30; Isaiah 55:8-9). God teaches us, and I mean all who wish to see him in peace after death (2 Corinthians 5:10; Matt. 25:31-46). To teach the truth as He has given it, and all that doesn’t conform with truth is indeed erroneous. And men will remain in error until they come to their senses and understand that they must obey the word of God in the manner which He gave it (2 Kings 5:1-14). When is man going to quit teaching false doctrine about knowing when the world will come to an end? (1 Peter 2:1-3).
The word of God has made it perfectly clear that the end will come in the same way that a robber burglarizes a house. It will be unexpected! The day and hour is known by no one! (Matthew 24:35-51; Mark 13:31-37; Luke 21:33-36; 2 Pet. 3:7-12; Luke 12:35-48; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-9). Preachers cannot calculate or talk about clues leading up to the end because there aren’t any! The scriptures taken out of context by preachers are Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21. These three chapters are speaking of an invasion which was to come on Jerusalem and lay it waste (Luke 19:41-44). According to secular history that did occur around A.D. 70, and the signs leading up to that invasion are what the Lord was talking about. These preachers today, take those verses out of the context of a past war and paste it into things happening today and claim that such is the prophesying of current events. But, that is wrong. And it is more wrong to claim that world is ending as we saw last week, and I’m sure we will hear this again. When the courts don’t do what they are supposed to with criminals, the evil acts will continue because of the lack of suitable punishment (Ecclesiastes 8:11).
Why should a thug quit robbing and killing when he knows that he won’t get much jail time or be put to death for his murders? So rather than fear the law, criminals will become bold by the lack spine from the courts. It shouldn’t be that way! The justice system is ordained by God and placed on earth to protect the law-abiding and punish the evil doers (Romans 13:1-5; 1 Peter 2:13-14). Man needs to get back to having things the way God has taught. The law must start being the law and quit being soft with criminals. If men want crime to cease, the law must show wicked men that there is a penalty for violations (Galatians 6:7). So if one doesn’t want to feel the wrath of the law, don’t do the crime (Proverbs 26:3). You can know that it is bad when a murderer can slaughter people, then argue in court that he shouldn’t be executed in a certain way or even at all because of the pain he will suffer (Proverbs 26:27, 13:15, 11:6; Genesis 9:5-6; Acts 25:11). “Dear God.
I am young and don’t understand what it is like to be a parent, but it must be hard. I pray you will help Mom and Dad to be good parents, strong in the ways you want them to be. I want to look up to them with admiration and feel confident that their instruction is right. Help me, dear Lord, to understand my parents. Remind me that when I don’t get my way, it is because they love me and not because they want to be mean or deprive me of a good time. When I become stubborn and refuse to listen, help me, God to accept the fact that they have wisdom and experience since they were once teenagers themselves; whereas I have never been a parent. Put in my heart the respect and consideration they deserve for their years of hard work and sacrifice. They raised me as best they could. Let me not repay them with grief or shame. Rather, help me to give them obedience, respect, forgiveness, and love. Most of all, God, while I still have my parents here on earth, help me to appreciate them and let them know I do. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.” Proverbs 10:1. ~The Salina Journal, adapted Jesus Christ, the Son of God said it best, “the poor will be here always and when you wish, you may help them” (Mark 14:7).
The needs of men will never be eliminated from the earth and all of us should be doing something to help deserving souls (Galatians 6:10). Hurricane Harvey left a lot of damage in the South, and now is a good time to reach out to the people down there. However, a con person doesn’t deserve help. He is simply trying to take advantage of people’s generosity, and he doesn’t deserve to eat (2 Thessalonians 3:10). But, you don’t have to go to Texas to give help to deserving persons because we have plenty of cases right here in Philadelphia. So yes, Houston has a problem, but so do we all if we don’t learn that everything is temporary, and tomorrow anyone can be needing help. Don’t stay away from church because you are poor (There is no admission charge). Because you are rich (Money isn’t all). Because it is cold and rainy (You go other places in bad weather). Because it is hot (So is the beach and golf course).
Because no one invited you (People go lots of places uninvited). Because of hypocrites (We have them everywhere). Because you have relatives from out of town (Bring them along). Because you have children (We offer Bible classes for them). Because you think your clothes don’t look good (God isn’t concern about that). Because you don’t like the preacher (You shouldn’t hate anyone). Because the church is always asking for money (We don’t do that here). Because you think that you have plenty of time (Life is short and uncertain). (Psalm 144:4). “Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before before the Lord” (Psalm 95:6). God has a book in which He records the names of all persons who will go to Heaven, and this is one book that you will want your name in (Luke 10:20; Philippians 4:3). In order to be written in this book, a person must obey the gospel of Jesus Christ and not only that, but remain faithful in the service of the Lord (Revelation 2:10; 2 Timothy 4:6-8; Rev. 3:5).
A person could start out right with the Lord, but fall out of favor by willfully sinning and God will blot that person’s name out of the book of life (Exodus 32:33). You don’t want that to happen to you. On the Day of Judgment, men will stand before Jesus Christ to be judged according to their works and all whose names do not appear will be cast into the everlasting lake of fire which is hell (Rev. 20:10-15). |