Observations Great and
SmallObservations Great and Small
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "[M]iscellaneous observations of life..."
Our so-called civilization:
“This is a time of humanism, instability, war, and
false prophets and false 'christs.' The rejection of God’s rule which started
for man in the Garden of Eden seems to be reaching a frenzied pitch. Man is
determined to prove that he can rule the world in an orderly, meaningful way
without God. He asserts that the ultimate purpose of everything is the glory and
exaltation of man. This man-centered mania not only makes him refuse to submit
to the rule of God, but also renders him incapable of submitting, and that’s
Romans 8:7. Because man rejects the rule of God, his pride drives him to do
things opposite to what God has ordained. God ordained capital punishment for
murderers, but man tries to abolish it. God regards human life as being
valuable, because He created it in His image, but man destroys it by millions
through abortion. God instituted marriage and ordained that it be permanent, but
man divorces and suggests that marriage be abolished. God demands justice in
society with the protection of the innocent and the punishment of the criminal.
But man pampers the criminal at the expense of the innocent. God ordained the
family as the nurturing place of future generations, but man proposes that
government replace the family. God declares that the fear of the Lord is the
starting point of wisdom, but man forbids any reference to God in the classroom.
God instituted moral absolutes to govern man, but man says that utopia can come
only through the rejection of these absolutes. God ordained distinctive
appearances and roles for the sexes, but man tries to obliterate those
distinctions. God instituted sex to be used within the bonds of male, female
marriage, but man perverts sex through pornography, fornication, adultery and
homosexuality. God made man to have true meaning and purpose of life only in
Him, but man tries to find true meaning through drugs, alcohol, the occult,
materialism, philosophy, astrology, cults, transcendental meditation, fame and
power. Man has his false prophets and 'christs' to encourage him in his
rebellious attempt at self rule. These deceivers tell man that he is good and
perfectible by nature. They teach that through the process of evolution, man is
moving toward divinity. Some so-called theologians declare that in order to have
so-called utopia man must proclaim himself the great humanity divine. Others
state that the true gospel is the good news that man is deified. Having
willfully rejected the truth about God, man is worshipping and serving himself
rather than his creator.”
--Dr. Renald Showers, from The Most High God