Question: Are Christians wasting their time in continuing to fight against our society’s downhill slide into moral decay?

Answer:  Absolutely not!  Remember that nothing going on in the world today comes as a surprise to God.  God is all-knowing, so He already knows what’s going to happen.  And, despite what we see happening in our world now, God is still in control!  We as Believers are to stay faithful to His Holy Word.  “And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.” (Galatians  6:9  NKJV )

God did not promise that life for the Believer was going to be easy.  In fact, Jesus reminds us in John 15:18 that, “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.”  So, we should not be surprised when the world mocks our commitment to standing for the truths of God’s Word.  In fact, it’s gotten to the point where unbelievers are going beyond just mocking our beliefs as being intolerant and unintelligent.  Now, they want to force Believers to support sinful behavior.

Disregarding our Constitutional First Amendment right to Religious Freedom,  they are creating new laws that will punish Christians if we do not go along with behaviors God calls sin.  They see Believers as being wrong in standing for the traditional moral teachings of God’s Word, especially on two of the most “hot button” subjects of today: abortion and homosexuality.  Instead of agreeing with God’s Word in calling these things sin, they say these things are just fine.  But,  Isaiah 5:20 says “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil…”  Verse 21 goes on to say, “Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes.”  Only God Almighty says what things are right and what things are sin, not man!

Know that the Word says in Galatians 6:7, “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows that he will also reap.”  So, whether or not people accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior, the Bible assures us of what is going to happen.  Philippians 2:9-11 says, “Therefore God has also highly exalted Him (Jesus) and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

By reading the Bible through to its final Book of Revelation, you will see how the Word says things will be in the end. For example, in Revelation 21:6-8 the Lord says, “…It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.  I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.  He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.  But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

Therefore, by reading the end of the Book, you know that God and His people win!  Praise the Lord!  You should also recognize that we need to continue to pray for those who are unbelievers.  It’s not God’s desire that anyone be lost “but that all should come to repentance.”  (2 Peter 3:9)   So, let’s be evermore steadfast in following the Great Commission given by Jesus in Matthew 28: 19-20.  He said to “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations…” For as long as there is life, there is hope!  Amen!

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