How did today’s world get in this bad condition?

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

Galatians 6:7 ESV

 The letter to the newspaper editor asked, “How did today’s world get in this bad condition?”

Someone replied, “… I think it started when Madeline Murray O’Hare complained she didn’t want any prayer in our schools, and we said OK…Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school, the Bible that says thou shall not kill, thou shall not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said, OK.

“Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn’t spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem. And we said, an expert should know what he’s talking about so we said OK, we won’t spank them anymore.

“Then someone said, let’s let our daughters have abortions if they want, and they won’t even have to tell their parents. And we said, that’s a grand idea.

“Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn’t matter what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. And agreeing with them, we said it doesn’t matter to me. And then someone said let’s print magazines with pictures of nude women and call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the female body. And we said we have no problem with that. And someone else took that appreciation a step further and published pictures of nude children and then stepped further still by making them available on the internet. And we said they’re entitled to their free speech.

“Now we’re asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don’t know right from wrong, and why it doesn’t bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with…we reap what we sow.”

Modern day America is the proof that we reap whatever we sow!

This writer counsels with people from time to time who ask, “What can I do to get out of this mess?” Sometimes I cannot give an answer, because there is no answer to be given. It is simply time to pay the piper and reap what they have sown. The pastor can’t change that, the parents can’t change that, the church can’t change that, even prayer can’t change that.

Remember: Once we have finished sowing, we cannot change the harvest.

 Tom Swartzwelder

Sep 4, 2024 – On September 3, 2024, Tom Swartzwelder completed the race that God had set before him. He is now with Jesus, the author and finisher of his faith.’

Hebrews 12:1-2A

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles

He provides practical how-to-do-ministry resources for the disciples of Jesus Christ at http://www.godsgreenhouse.net. Tom’s latest book is “God Speaks–Today!”

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