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Isaiah 58: 8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither your ways are my ways, declared the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.”

Man has excelled much since those words were penned so long ago. Today knowledge of everything has expanded to a degree the average man can’t fathom. We’re collectively getting so smart we think we know everything. Mankind is striving to rid itself of the need for God. We think we know “the way”. Man has progressed to the state that Satan found himself in before he fell from grace. Satan knew everything, built everything, and produced the music that filled the heavens, beautiful beyond comparison. In his mind, he was at first equal to God, and then as pride grew, he no longer needed God.

His thoughts were not God’s thoughts and so he wanted to go his own way. This is what tempted Adam and Eve and still tempts us today. With great pride, we trumpet our achievements and glorify and reward ourselves for what we have done.

Second Samuel 22:33 “God is my strength and power and He maketh my way perfect.” It is God who made the heavens and the earth and everything in this world. As grand as we think we are, have we created a seemingly endless universe or breathed the breath of life into a lump of dirt? Are so advanced that we think we will conquer the grave? The Bible does say that there will be a point that men will want to die but can’t. But it also says it’s only a temporary phenomenon solely for the punishment of Christ-rejecting men.

There’s a way that seems right to men but it is the way of death. We need a savior but who’s it going to be? Will we rely on ourselves? How about a scientist, or some guru, or God forbid, a politician? Isn’t that what most of us do? Haven’t we pretty much become the master controller of our lives?

Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. He showed us the Father and the way to Him. He’s not a liar, he doesn’t need to trick you into following him. His thoughts are the Father’s thoughts. He spent much time in prayer; he wanted to know God’s thoughts. No other name was given among men by which we can be saved. There is no other way.

The world is becoming like Sodom and Gomorrah. Sexual perversion has been inculcated in our children. The devil is the shepherd of our children. The ark is ready, and the ramp is down, waiting for the last stragglers to come onboard.

Science is the god of this world supplanting Christ. Mocking is all we hear. To be sure, darkness has long plagued this earth. But suddenly something is different. The truth worldwide cannot be found. The rich fondle holy things in blatant disrespect. The leader of the most powerful country on earth refers to God as “that thing”. Indeed the holy is profaned by all nations and sin of every sort is celebrated.

Jesus said we wouldn’t know the day or the hour. However, we will know the season, we’ll know when the figs are ripe; we’ll know when redemption is drawing nigh. The handwriting is on the wall, we see it but unlike Belshazzar, it seem all the leaders of this world continue in foolish folly.

Jesus said to not let our hearts be troubled. That’s hard because we know how perilous the times ahead will be. Our home is not here. We have a hope and peace the world doesn’t have. We have Jesus.

Being this is a mere observation of the decline in Christianity I’m not devoting much investigation (actually none) into why this is happening as there is certainly a many-faceted reason for it. I’m more interested in the root of the belief that not only is the existence of God coming into question but do we even need God to justify right and wrong or necessary to remain civilized.

It stems originally from the first sin in the Garden of Eden. First, we question what God said (and therefore His character), secondly, we question why we aren’t capable of taking his place. Once we’re forced to leave Eden and have to deal with a life of misery without God, this life of death eats away at our willingness to even consider giving God pleasure. We don’t live in pleasure so why should He?

We lie if we tell a child a fat man is coming down his chimney and giving him presents. Eventually, the lie will be obvious. If we also tell our child a baby was born in a manger and his mother was a virgin, how will they know that wild story isn’t also a lie? Is it any wonder children have trouble believing their parents about anything?

Our world is in turmoil. American life isn’t supposed to be in such chaos. We have an agreed-upon set of values; at least that used to be the case. Christian values were a necessary ingredient in this new country we called America. Everyone agreed it was wrong to steal, kill without reason, cheat your neighbor, or even break the vows you made to your spouse.

Did everyone adhere to those principles? Of course not; men have a propensity to do evil things. Our founding documents highlighted the aims of a self-governed people,. We acknowledged a Creator who bestowed upon man rights that couldn’t be rescinded by another man, that being the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit, not of pleasure, but of happiness.

We were to self-govern ourselves using Biblical principles, to be more exact, the Ten Commandments. Over the decades the assault on these values has been constant which leads us into the precarious position we’re in, God lifting his hand from us. Do we try to keep our tattered Constitution in some form or do we discard it? This is where we’re at, a nation of unthankful degenerates. “Fixing” our country involves being thankful for all things and not assuming anyone, especially God, owes us anything.

Will we return to those thrilling days of yesteryear and revive that spirit of our founders. I think not. We’ve become a mindless blob of narcissistic citizens with our hands continually held out for another government-supplied crumb stolen from our neighbor or our posterity.

So what’s the solution to all this madness. Simple, repent; each one of us must repent. We kid ourselves if we say we haven’t benefited from the unrighteous acts of our fellow citizens.

So why do we suffer the loss of freedom? What does God say?

Romans 1:18-23 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; because that which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God hath showed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse,

Because that when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations and their foolish heart was darkened, professing themselves to be wise, they became fools and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

We are an unthankful people. It is high time to start being thankful.

Psalm 92: 1-2 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to sing praises unto his name, O most High: to show forth thy loving kindness and thy faithfulness every night.

Every day, every night I am thankful, thankful for life, for the liberty to know Christ and pursue happiness in his service. Thank you, Lord for all your goodness to me.

A random sample of my tweets indicating my rapid response may or may not be appropriate.

I’d have to say that Biden’s best look would be in a casket. There’s no reason Obama can’t run the country from Joe’s grave.

Just like Venezuela has taught them, poor people are very easy to control.

Funneling money through shell corporations, a direct check of $250,000 to Joe Biden’s house and other criminal activities is just simply denied by filthy evil Democrata. Close the government down and leave it closed.

Democrats claim election fraud all the time. There’s just a bunch of promiscuous baby-killing jackals.

God promised He wouldn’t flook the world again but He might flood a cesspool.

This is part of the payoff to China for the Biden bribes. Making our military weak so the communist takeover will be easy.

Remind me to not step in if a nasty man takes you down. I guess I could videotape the rape, wait, no I’d stop the SOB and save you even though you’d sue me afterward; Men protect women even if they’re bitching.

This is the fun feeling Nero had. I think burning Christian’s at the stake is next. Hopefully, I’ll die on my porch because I am ready for the FBI. We may lose it and all they’ll have left are backstabbing haters. Good Luck crisis creators.

Hey Bubba, Greenland is named because it is green. Your rhetoric is all based in hate. TDS is the most dangerous thing we face.

There is a way that seems right in man’s mind but Godless thinking always results in cruel unabashed wickedness.

Hitler was brilliant. Trump wanted to know how the Democrats control so many fools.

The threat of years in jail will break most people and make them betray you.

Calm down and read your Bible if you go. The ramp on the ark is about to be pulled up and then the rain will fall. My advice is not to get wet

Hamas hides behind the skirts of women and children when they’re not using them for that, they abuse them directly which apparently makes them heroes to Democrats.

I think it was 1948, something like that. So they’re laundering another 200 million in Ukraine, who’d a thought. I guess Bkurisma doesn’t pay so well anymore.

I sure hope Joe isn’t holding the nuclear codes as he stumbles and falls down. Real dangerous. It’s pretty terrifying to thing that he still drives that Corvette.

Lock and load; these people are thirsty for blood and it doesn’t matter whose blood.