Proverbs 1:31
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Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
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The world is getting what it wanted - the nation, most families, and many individuals are suffering the consequences of their choices. There is a very simple reason for the ignorant confusion and miserable pain in so many places. When men turn their backs on the LORD and the knowledge He offers, the blessed God lets them have their own folly and the horrible consequences of it (1:29-30). In the beginning Adam chose Eve and death over God and life, and all men have suffered dying and death ever since (Rom 5:12-14).
For a master's degree in social studies, identify the areas of life where men have most rejected God's wisdom and consider the painful results. Then identify those areas of life where humanity suffers the most, and trace it back to where they despised their Creator. You will learn the cause and nature of man's dysfunction and pain. Men do not want God and wisdom, so He gives them each other and insanity! All human pain is the simple result of rejecting their Creator's wisdom, which is plainly revealed in the Bible.
Paul explained this human disaster clearly, "Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations ... Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts ... For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections ... God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient...." (Rom 1:18-32).
Today, men here and throughout the world despise God, the Bible, and any moral restraint. They ridicule Bible preaching and sober religion as anachronisms. The Ten Commandments are outlawed in public places. Prayer is forbidden in school. The Koran is justified; the Bible is ridiculed. Rap stars are memorialized; preachers are satirized. The world's dysfunctional misery should be easy to identify ... and easy to solve!
Parents and educators fret over children being disobedient, disrespectful, learning disabled, unruly, and violent. Many parents are ashamed of their children, to whom they gave everything! What happened? The problem is not difficult to solve. This is the Benjamin Spock generation - the first generation to generally reject the Bible wisdom that children need corporal punishment to develop properly (19:18; 29:15; 30:17). Duh!
Married men are oppressed, seeking peace and relief in extra work, hobbies, or adultery. Unmarried men do not want a wife, for they have seen the great pain of being married to hell - an odious woman (30:21-23). How did this unbearable creature multiply so fast? Women rejected reverence and submission to their husbands (Eph 5:33; Col 3:18)! Duh!
Economists scramble to cover the national debt, keep interest rates low, lower taxes, and fund new deals all at the same time! How did this mess get started? A great nation became financial surety for the world (6:1-5), promoted pleasure over labor (21:17), penalized savings as counterproductive (6:6-8), and exonerated massive debt (22:7). Duh!
Children are sexually abused ... on film! Mothers wring their hands and wonder why! Bible morality was thrown out when mommy gushed about Elvis Presley and the Beatles. Today it is Madonna and Britney Spears. Once the road of sexual freedom is chosen, what will stop a nation from going all the way to hell? The Bible had wisely taught that love and sex were for marriage only (5:19; 6:25; I Cor 7:2-5; Heb 13:4). Duh!
Youth today shuffle like apes, pierce every body part they can find, wear their pants at half mast, speak in guttural grunts, spike their hair, flatten their minds, and flunk a greatly degraded S.A.T. The NEA says more money for education. Did someone forget it was our schools in the first place that told those children they came from monkeys? Duh!
Labor unions strike! Wage rates and benefits for moronic jobs go sky high! Restrictive job rules are passed! Factories close! The cost of goods skyrockets! Products from countries where people are willing to work flood our markets. The trade deficit swells to unprecedented levels. How do we stop it? Solomon said to put the AFL-CIO (servants) on the ground, and boards of directors (princes) back on horses (Eccl 10:5-7). Duh!
Drugs, drugs, and more drugs! What will we do about the drug problem? How about outlawing college fraternity booze parties! Solomon condemned drunkenness and gluttony among young men and its consequences (20:1; 23:21,29-35). But a university degree today requires hearty partying and presumes the Bible is a stupid fable! Duh!
Credit card debt is at record highs. Personal bankruptcies are Legion. Houses are bought with nothing down and interest-only payments. Yet the fools buy more on credit! Why? Because John Maynard Keynes was the college economics text instead of Solomon's proverbs! He condemned the vanity of impulse spending (14:23; 21:17,20; 28:19). Duh!
Two men hold hands and smile, exchange vows and rings, kiss, and walk the aisle to a honeymoon in lovers' paradise! Why don't bulls and stallions mate? Two women walk arm in arm, exchange vows and rings, kiss, walk the aisle, and start a family with an adopted baby! Why don't lionesses and she bears mix? Yet our government smiles!
Sodomy is not a sexual or social mystery - God rewires the brains of those who have rejected him, so they are sexually confused beyond brute beasts (Rom 1:24-27). When mankind turns its back on God and His wisdom, He turns them over to a reprobate mind to do things not convenient - contrary to nature, dysfunctional, painful, and shameful.
Reader, you have a choice! A simple choice! The consequences are horribly painful or gloriously pleasant. Do you want to do things God's way or your way? If you choose your way, the blessed God of heaven will rub your face in the mess, as the proverb declares (Mal 2:2-3). Give God the glory! Tremble before His Word! Beg for His mercy!
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