Our Lord said in Matthew 5:6,
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they will be
filled." The Bible from Alpha to Omega speaks of this most allusive
characteristic. It seems only those who hunger the most are given the morsels
from God’s table. It is no coincidence that today’s most respected pastors—R.C.
Sproul, John MacArthur, and Charles Stanley, to name a few—are
pounding the pulpit with these messages; they are
passionate about this subject.
I have always insisted that the life of a true Biblical Christian is a war
for your righteousness. Sure, Christian doctrine tells us that our salvation is
a gift and it cannot be earned. However, that is one of the great paradoxes of
the Bible. To be a Biblical Christian, we must find the middle ground between
faith and good works. Being a Biblical Christian is not sitting out the war.
Trust me; the moral decadence that has gripped both this nation and the world is
a war. The war started in the Garden of Eden, and it will continue until sin has
reached its culmination and Jesus comes back to smite it. How ironic to see our
nation’s "pretty people" fighting for peace. They are leading the world down a
path of humanistic idiosyncrasy that they will convince us is normal.
As a traveling private investigator, I have seen first hand how our nation is
changing. In the past, our nation had regions of differing moral fabric, but as
the Internet, television, and the theatre has become an intricate part of our
lives, those lines of moral fabric have become so blurred you can hardly tell
the difference between Baton Rouge and Bangor, Maine. Never kid yourself my
Christian brothers and sisters, Satan and his allies have surrounded us. As I
have said before, the war is not in question—It
has been won—but the battles have not. To
sit back in our comfy chairs and watch the tide of Liberalism, Feminism, and the
acceptance of homosexual behavior without letting our voices be heard is the
same as participating.
I was driving home from Kansas not long ago and heard on a very reliable
Christian network that Proctor and Gamble has paid the makers of the television
show, As the Word Turns, to create an extensive story line about the
relationship of two gay men who will kiss on screen. I agreed vehemently with
the host of that show when he said, "Why is it that the decadent behavior of 10
percent of the nation can dictate to the other 90 percent?"
In my opinion, the reason is because the liberal contingent in this nation
controls our televisions, movie screens, and the Internet, and they are pushing
their agenda. By doing so, they are brainwashing a whole generation of misguided
and confused people right into hell. If we think that we can pacify these people
because we live in an enlightened age we are mistaken. Obviously the Bible tells
us to "Hate the sin and not the sinner." I wholeheartedly believe that, but it
also tells us:
"Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the
knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not
to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil,
greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and
malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and
boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they
are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Although they know God's
righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only
continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice
them" (Romans 1:28-32).
Whatever some misguided soul may say about eternity, the truth still remains
the truth—there will be a grand judgment seat of God. We will have to make
account to Him for what we have done, and yes, also what we have NOT done. As
Paul says in Romans 2:6-8, "God will give to each person according to what
he has done. To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and
immortality, he will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and
who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger."
The bottom line is that if we play in the sewer, we will become sewage to
God.
See part II of this article: SIN—the
Problem We All Face
