It's Scary Out There

I watched some of President Obama's speech yesterday from the U.N. and I thought I was watching a Left Behind movie. Does anyone get the same feelings I get when you see the direction things are going these days? It's world peace without Jesus. In fact, most of it is world peace in defiance of Jesus. It's been noted by many how our president was silent during the national day of prayer, but has been more vocal about Ramadan.
The mindset of government today is the same as my "encounter groups" (I always hated those) I had to attend in College for my Psychology and Sociology classes. Our President is a product of the liberal arts education classroom that has been training our youth for 40 years now. There was a strange mixture of Marxism and Christianity when I was attending school. This was Christianity as a value system not Christianity with a relationship to Jesus. Financial crisis and government intervention, in every aspect of life, including government youth training, sounds too much like Nazi Germany to not get a rise out of a student of history or even a casual observer of history such as myself.

Not too long ago I was questioned about my stand on social issues. Particularly that as a Christian there is too much attention given to the issues of abortion and homosexuality to the exclusion of other sins such as gossip, slander, anger, etc. I agree that the latter are sometimes neglected, but the other two are major social agendas and killing people is not just "another" issue, it is central.

Having said that I want to make a Biblical observation about a phenomenon that we are seeing in the homosexual culture. There is a strong "religious" tone even a claimed "Christian homosexual" movement. This should not be surprising given what the Bible says about the cultural progression of a society that accepts homosexuality. The NASB says in Romans 1:21 "For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God." The next 7 or 8 verses describe the progression into homosexual behavior, men desiring men, etc. The beginning is these people knew God. There is a spiritual connect. The problem comes when they did not honor Him as God. You see, God tells us what to do, when we honor Him for Who He is. It should not be surprising that homosexual culture would have a significant religious element to it. They knew God, BUT did not honor Him and therefore were turned over to degrading passions and a depraved mind. So it is not the lack of "knowledge" of God that is most dangerous in this passage, but a knowledge of God without the corresponding honor that He deserves.

Pray that the Muslims gathering in D.C. would receive revelations of Jesus and that the 17 year old girl who fled her muslim home gain a voice of prominence in America.

He reigns and will soon exercise His power to display the truth of Who He is. There is always major crisis before God shows Himself so the world might know that "The Lord, He is God." Jesus is Lord!!!