Isaiah 3:5, 12 NIV “People will oppress each other— man against man, neighbor against neighbor. The young will rise up against the old, the nobody against the honored…. Youths oppress my people, women rule over them. My people, your guides lead you astray; they turn you from the path.” https://bible.com/bible/111/isa.3.5-12.NIV
The prophets, describing Israel thousands of years ago, could be writing about America today. The influence of Christianity has been waning for at least the past 75 years. The men of World War II were devastated by the evil they encountered, with so many losing hope in God and commitment to His ways. Yet He is the only answer to our propensity to bite and devour one another, which we possess from birth. The influence of culture became a focus of the university and the media. Children were left undisciplined and became rebellious. This is visible through the rioting in our streets today, primarily among young college students whose minds have been twisted by the lies at the university and amplified by the pagan media. At the same time, their permissive upbringing taught them to do whatever was right in their own eyes. Likewise, marriages falter and stumble as men ignore their responsibilities to lead their families, turning these duties over to wives who no longer make submitting to and respecting their husbands their chief priority. Family dynamics are often shaped by the wife’s beliefs rather than the father’s convictions, leading to tension, chaos, and rebellion. God’s ways are not our ways. Jesus Christ as Savior means Jesus Christ as Lord. Jesus Christ as Lord of our lives means submitting to His will and obeying His commands. So many call to Jesus, Lord, Lord, but hear nothing from Him, for He does not know them since they do not do His will. When was the last time we led anyone to faith in Jesus? Who do we know that has led anyone to faith in Jesus in the past year? Our influence continues to wane until men begin to make Jesus Lord, the Great Commission our mission, and His will done on earth as it is in heaven our chief ends.
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