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by Stan Smith
We feel pretty free here in America. We have plenty of comforts and luxuries. We're doing pretty well. We get to vote on representatives and leaders and laws, even if sometimes the courts counter the people. We mostly get to decide what's good or bad. It's the luxury of a democracy. (Okay, a republic, but you know what I mean.)
For some reason, there are lots of people that seem to port that over to places it cannot go. They seem to think that truth is something to vote on. That is silly at best and dangerous at worst. They seem to think that God's views are variable and, let's be honest, might be wrong. And that's just crazy.
I've actually heard people who call themselves Christians argue that, "Oh, sure, the Bible has stuff in it like God commanding the execution of adulterers and calling homosexual behavior 'an abomination' and the like, but we know better today." Really? "We know better today"? Do you hear what that says? "Sure, it's in there, but God was wrong." In America we have the luxury of passing judgment on our leadership and our society and all. We, however, have extended that luxury to passing judgment on God.
We think we've moved on. God was okay back then ... and we really like Him and all ... but in our day we know much better. He was in error back then ordering, for instance, the stoning of a stubborn and rebellious son who cannot be disciplined (Deuteronomy 21:18-21). We know better. God said, "This is good" and "That is evil" and people thought, "Because God said it, it is true." But we know better. "Things are good or bad because ..." and we'll fill in what we think. "Because we've come to believe it's so" or "because it does 'harm' that we can recognize" or "because society says so" or the ever-popular "everybody does it." We've moved on. From God.
It's a luxury of living in a free society. But when we exercise it in the face of God, it's a dangerous luxury.
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! (Isaiah 5:20)
Yeah, you go ahead with that. I'm not going to sign up for that particular luxury.
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I'm married with four grown children and (currently) four grandchildren. My wife and I live in sunny Phoenix by choice. I hope to encourage people with my words and to share with others what God has shared with me.
For more writings you can see my blog at birdsoftheair.blogspot.com.
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