Friday, March 21, 2014

POST CHRISTIAN WORLD?


POST CHRISTIAN WORLD?
We live today in a post Christian society. The Judeo Christian morality has by and large vanished from our western culture. (apart from within some churches and Christian community subcultures).
I was listening to a well known Christian author on the radio a while back, who stated “The Culture war is over and the Christian world has lost” What a statement that was.
In the temporal and transient world we live in this is correct. In the Eternal, immutable Spiritual realm of God and His Word it is still incorrect.
It has been said that God and His Word are One! The New Testament affirms this

John 1
Amplified Bible (AMP)
1 In the beginning [before all time] was the Word ([a]Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God [b]Himself.
2 He was present originally with God.
3 All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being.
4 In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men.
5 And the Light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it [put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it, and is unreceptive to it].

When I was a new Christian believer in the mid 1970s I wondered why God had such placed strict regulations on human sexual practices as outlined in the New Testament. The Holy Spirit impressed upon me, that it was not because God wanted to limit our fun party life together. He said within my heart that sex is not just for exhilaration and refreshment but that it is a true Blood Covenant intended between a man and woman to create deep commitment and family ties for the resulting children of the union. God also showed me that sex is a huge powerhouse of energy that is like electricity or nuclear power. The more powerful the energy the more strict the regulations must be to prevent destructive abuses taking place. Fires must be built in a fireplace in a house and nukes must be contained within a reactor in order to harness the energy and make it productive. Unregulated and promiscuous use of great power causes destruction and heartbreak. Sexual energy is no exception, this is why God ordained marriage so that the resulting power release will create warmth and joy and not cause destructive meltdowns, as it were.

Today, many believe that the Bible is an outmoded garble of ancient philosophy that is not relevant for today. Many believe that there is a new morality and measurement to gauge our conduct that is far superior to the Bible.
One man said that the new morality is just the old immorality dressed up.
Anyway, pray, talk to God and ask Him to open your eyes to bring enlightenment when you read the Word. His Word is Spirit and Life.

WORDS FROM JESUS-------JOHN 6:63 It is the Spirit Who gives life [He is the Life-giver]; the flesh conveys no benefit whatever [there is no profit in it]. The words (truths) that I have been speaking to you are spirit and life (Amplified Bible)





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