Isaiah 5:20 (NIV) - "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter."
Life Application Bible Footnote: "When people do not carefully observe the distinction between good and evil, destruction soon follows. It is easy for people to say, 'No one can decide for anyone else what is really right or wrong.' They may think getting drunk can't hurt them, extramarital sex isn't really wrong, or money doesn't control them. But when we make excuses for our actions, we break down the distinction between right and wrong. If we do not take God's Word, the Bible, as our standard, soon all moral choices will appear fuzzy. Without God, we are headed for a breakdown and much suffering."
As a follower of Christ I see this already happening when I look at our culture and society as a whole. It saddens my heart so very much to see how far away from God we, as a people group, have fallen from our godly upbringings. From our great grandparents and beyond church and God's Word had central place in the home. Nothing was open on Sunday. It was truly regarded as a day of rest. Everyone went to church on Sunday mornings. It's just what they did. You grew up really knowing God's Word because you were raised up in church. Nothing about our society today resembles anything like what it should be if we were still giving homage to our heritage/God's Word. It's something we desperately need to get back to but I don't think we will because of the direction everything is going in today. Life would be so much better if we would just get back to God. If He was put as the center of our homes. If He was revered as He should be in our lives. We truly are at a point where as Isaiah 5:20 says, "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil" because make no mistake about it we are in a state of breakdown and suffering because of it!
Remember, satan comes to steal, kill and destroy but the Lord comes so that we can have life and have it in abundance. Which would you rather have? To live in sin and let satan steal, kill and destroy? or To live for the Lord and have life in abundance? The former is nothing but misery and the latter is living an abundant life as long as we are living for the Lord. As for me I will serve the Lord! He will always be my choice. What about you?
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