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David L Powell Jr

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David L Powell Jr

February 7, 2024 10:21 pm

Servants of God, Each Lord’s Day we are looking at the ten commandments. The goal is to understand how these foundational moral teachings that shaped the nation of ancient Israel ought to be underst... View MoreServants of God, Each Lord’s Day we are looking at the ten commandments. The goal is to understand how these foundational moral teachings that shaped the nation of ancient Israel ought to be understood and obeyed by Christians. Do we need an understanding of these ancient commands to understand the Christian life and our place in God’s great plan of redemption? Yes, we need them desperately. American Christians know intuitively that our nation is on the verge of something disastrous. America has become an international bully who creates and funds war all over the world. The United States kills its own children while insisting that we “need” law-breaking foreigners from all over the globe to enter our nation nefariously to “do work Americans won’t do”. We have become a gullible people because we will not honor God as God. Sadly, American Christians have done precious little to defend God’s right to decree moral absolutes. Americans blindly follow “experts” without careful examination of the consequences. We have terrible problems, but the answer does not lie in being more self-centered and self-indulgent. We honor the philosophies of those who twist language like a pretzel then wonder why we are so confused. Military experts tell us we must lavishly fund wars all over the world so we can be safe at home, but no one wants to close our own borders to terrorists and other dangerous individuals. Do you remember when educational experts told us phonics and memorizing the times tables were passe? Now when Americans barely can read and need a calculator when they get past 2+2=4 we believe the experts who tell us that placing litterboxes in the school bathrooms are key to educational progress. Math is labeled as “racists” by educational experts who push the foolishness of social-emotional learning. These and other arguments remind me of Abraham Lincoln’s charge that his political opponents talked in such confusing patterns that a horse chestnut got transformed into a chestnut horse. Experts talk a good (if often confusing) game but end up leading us off a cliff. Experts in various specialties tell us that killing babies via abortion is good for the economy. They insist abortion is necessary for women to have good healthcare. So, a procedure that leaves one person dead and gives the other a life-long trauma and grief is healthcare? Does that make sense? Political experts refuse to differentiate between legal and illegal immigration. Does that make sense? Is it a good thing to welcome and even coddle individuals whose first act on American soil is to break the law? From lofty government perches, experts scold citizens concerned about language, culture and borders for being out of touch. A cursory study of American history might be in order. Our nation of immigrants grew from legal immigrants who worked to assimilate and to become productive, law-abiding citizens. Illegal immigrants steal the blessings of citizenship and defraud hard-working tax payers. And I have not even touched the issue of military-age men from China pouring across the border unhindered. Who of sound mind thinks that is a good idea? The Climate change crowd demand we stop using fossil fuels. Have they ever stopped to consider the good that fossil fuels bring? Why do they think CO2 gets pumped into commercial greenhouses to enhance plant growth? They blithely ignore all the positives that come from using fossil fuels—including the role they play in modern agriculture, transportation and medical advancement. If we want to eat, have transportation and enjoy true healthcare we need more fossil fuels, not less. When did we trade high sounding “good ideas” for the legitimate use of the scientific method? No doubt many of the experts who long to control the lives of us little people, think they are doing good. The problem is, they are spiritually blind. They think that life can be lived well without paying proper deference to God. The Bible teaches (and life bears out) that rejecting God as the true expert regarding life leads to disaster. When humans reject God, they make themselves the ultimate authority. The consequences of deifying the self are the bitter fruit of dishonoring God. We are watching the multi-leveled disaster unfold before our eyes. When the Bible tells humans that the proper respect and honor for the one true and living God is the beginning of both knowledge and wisdom God is giving us the key for recovering our collective sanity. When will Christians begin to clearly speak for truth and challenge the phony expertise that is wrecking the world around us? Maybe we can begin the road to recovery by taking seriously some of the absolute moral truths that God has so graciously given to us. Blessings, Pastor Coram Deo

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