09/16/13 FOCUS ON THE LORD JESUS
It is said, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Rejecting the Bible, rejecting Christ, in the name of religion, in the name of education, in the name of government, in the name of intellect, in the name of civility, in the name of unity, in the name of peace, in the name of humanity, has proved to fail every time, whether in the national or personal arena.
God gave mankind the right/responsibility to govern itself, after the Noahic flood. Each man, each family, each community, each nation has the responsibility to follow divine principles if they want to succeed. Continued refusal to follow divine principles results in disaster and sometimes in final destruction.
Those who put their trust in Humanism's solutions to mankind's problems are destined to failure. The more that men trust in the Christ-less designs of men the more they will fail. Imposing failed systems on other failed people, is insanity.
America was successful, as long as it respected Biblical wisdom and principles. The further America moved away from Biblical standards, the less successful America became. A Christ-less, Bible-less model is a sure formula for failure, whether it is imposed on others or imitated by others.
Of course, those who do not follow the Bible/Christ are deluded into thinking that their answers are right, their way is successful. Consider these three passages.
Proverbs 16:25
(25) There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Psalms 139:23-24
(23) Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
(24) And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Isaiah 55:6-9
(6) Seek ye the LORD while heFO may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
(7) Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
(8) For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
(9) For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
EVERYONE'S ANSWER TO EVERY AREA
Not only is Jesus the answer to everyone's dilemma of sin and separation, a right relationship with Him is essential to every area of life. If He is not Lord of all in your life, your "life" is mere existence.
