According to my email for just today, I have won two tool sets, an expensive cooler, a Nintendo, and a
Coleman hot tub. Not only that, I also have three different packages out for delivery, but they were
unable to deliver them for some reason and need my name and address. Am I a fortunate man, or
what?
Well, I have won nothing and there are no undeliverable packages en route to my home. This sort of
attempt to get personal mail is called “phishing”. When I give them the information they want, I will not
hear from them again. At best, they will sell my address and email address to folks, or, if I give them any
financial information, they could steal money from me.
There are evil, unscrupulous, thieves in this world, aren’t there? There are folks out there who are
unethical and have no sense of morals, outside of their own conniving minds and selfishness. As I said
last week, that is why the Bible is, and always will be, relevant. But…let me take that a step further and
give the reason.
Proverbs 29:18 (NIV) tells us: “Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint”. The revelation
spoken of is the Word of God. Without the Word of God, there will be nothing to restrain the evil hearts
of humankind. Think about it: who says there should be a family unit consisting of one man and one
woman? What authority tells us that there are only two sexes? Where do we get the idea that sex
outside of marriage is wrong? I could go on with a large list of things that the Bible tells us that calls for
restraint. To take the Bible out of the collective consciousness will result in chaos and disorder.
We can certainly see that in the actions of people today. You can’t believe the Bible and say that same
sex relationships are good. You can’t believe it and say that transgenderism is normal and healthy. You
can’t apply Biblical truth and say that abortion is just another method of contraception. So what does a
society do? They just disregard the Bible and the accompanying Christian beliefs. You don’t have to
look very hard to see that in our nation.
Coleman hot tub. Not only that, I also have three different packages out for delivery, but they were
unable to deliver them for some reason and need my name and address. Am I a fortunate man, or
what?
Well, I have won nothing and there are no undeliverable packages en route to my home. This sort of
attempt to get personal mail is called “phishing”. When I give them the information they want, I will not
hear from them again. At best, they will sell my address and email address to folks, or, if I give them any
financial information, they could steal money from me.
There are evil, unscrupulous, thieves in this world, aren’t there? There are folks out there who are
unethical and have no sense of morals, outside of their own conniving minds and selfishness. As I said
last week, that is why the Bible is, and always will be, relevant. But…let me take that a step further and
give the reason.
Proverbs 29:18 (NIV) tells us: “Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint”. The revelation
spoken of is the Word of God. Without the Word of God, there will be nothing to restrain the evil hearts
of humankind. Think about it: who says there should be a family unit consisting of one man and one
woman? What authority tells us that there are only two sexes? Where do we get the idea that sex
outside of marriage is wrong? I could go on with a large list of things that the Bible tells us that calls for
restraint. To take the Bible out of the collective consciousness will result in chaos and disorder.
We can certainly see that in the actions of people today. You can’t believe the Bible and say that same
sex relationships are good. You can’t believe it and say that transgenderism is normal and healthy. You
can’t apply Biblical truth and say that abortion is just another method of contraception. So what does a
society do? They just disregard the Bible and the accompanying Christian beliefs. You don’t have to
look very hard to see that in our nation.