World Problem: the LIE

2/25/2019

Morning! Had a wonderful time of fellowship yesterday and was blessed by the Word being preached. I hope you had a place to go for fellowship and for hearing the gospel preached plainly and simply. If you didn’t let’s see if we can find you one. Now, where’s my “grace gospel map…”

Years ago, I had a United States map all marked up showing every grace group I knew of, maybe about 1990, or so. It would be hard to keep up with today. Probably a worthwhile project, though. Like the listings that Sharon McEntee has done on FaceBook -page Mid-Acts Pauline Bible Conferences and Functions. I know that’s hard to keep up with, but many people benefit from knowing that page is there. Hats off to Sharon, she’s a great friend to us all and we thank you, Sharon.

I’ve always loved maps, I don’t know why…does that mean I have a geographic mind? Remember the big case of maps that hung above the chalk board in our school rooms? I think from the 3rd grade to 8th, we had them. Then for high school, we had them in special classes; history, government, etc. My favorite days were the ones when (whoever) teacher would pull down a map and explain something from it. Especially Mr. Utterback or Mr. McNeely. They were the kind of teachers who would just get absorbed in what they were teaching you. Even the class clown or distractor couldn’t take them from their task. 

Somewhere in all that, there was a time when I could identify any country in the world when I saw the shape of it. Now that there’s twice as many countries, I can only still identify some of the old ones. Ask any high school student where South Korea is on a world map. Or Luxembourg. In Texas, a few years back, only 30% or so, of high school seniors could name the neighboring states, let alone the world’s countries. For shame!

It must be from some higher up authority to have changed what is important basic knowledge (I mean, what’s worse than not knowing where you are?), probably instigated by the NEA. That’a a government agency which ought not to be (one of many.) Let’s see, we don’t need to teach Home Economics any more, only sex ed—-Wait! What are they going to call that now, “Multi-Gender Patterns of Life” class? I read somewhere the other day that some African country has identified and is teaching there are 14 genders. Please, don’t anyone send me the names of these “genders.” It was and always shall be that there are two genders—male and female. 

They will not change their gender by changing body parts. (I’m well aware of the issue some have at birth which causes much confusion and hurt for many years. But, even so, there will be a day in the life of these exceptions when they are settled as to which gender they belong and it isn’t a new one, it is one or the other.) Some of these documented stories are heartbreaking and thought provoking, some studies have caused birthing doctors to take a different approach for the child’s and parent’s sakes, which is good. But, ultimately, when the unusual child is settled in his or her mind, that’s what they are, one or the other. 

Our Creator, God the Father to me, has made us simple. It is a definable Enemy who has fouled up the simple world God made. This enemy is all over the place, running this world under his plan, a usurped authority which he stole from the first man, Adam, and the Lord God has given His creation several dispensations of time to see the truth, instead of following a lie. In each dispensation of time God has shown Himself to be true to His word, and has shown the enemy, Satan, Lucifer, to be what he is: a liar. Jesus said, “he is a liar, and the father of it!” IT. There’s only one lie, and that is as the Liar said to Eve in so many words: God is lying to you. Eve believed The Liar, and disobeyed the voice of the True God, and ever since, as Mark Twain once said, “God made man a little lower than the angels, and he’s been getting a little lower ever since.” Spoken by a man who had great respect of God the Father, but little to no respect for man’s ideas about God.

“A little lower ever since” is a truism. Who can deny it? The only ones who could claim that not to be true are those who believe mankind is getting better as time goes on. Unfortunately, that is one of Satan’s lies that he screams the loudest about. Because we are bombarded with what any current generation believes is new knowledge the general public falls for that lie, discounting how brilliant long past generations were in favor of elevating the current “new” news. 

But, Solomon wrote about 3,000 years ago and said, “there is nothing new under the sun.” He said, “what is now has already been,” etc. How come the brilliant minds of today don’t search out what Solomon meant? Because the believe the Liar when he says old time guys like Solomon or Job were just stupid or ignorant compared to today’s brilliant minds. How very wrong that is. Thank you, Lord, for defeating Satan. Trust in what Christ did for us. Everything is paid. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you’ll be saved from this ridiculous lie and from the Liar himself.

Thanks for reading, the Elder