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Apathy toward apathy

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I’ve felt a heaviness in my heart since yesterday morning.

The reason? The moral decay of our nation is accelerating and too few of us Christians are trying to put our feet on the brakes.

I know that I can’t wag fingers at the apathy of other Christians who obsess over chasing the “good life” while terribly bad things are happening around them.

You see, even though I haven’t joined the Conga line of living for earthly success, I also haven’t done as much as I could have to call believers to proactivity in their faith.

Yesterday, I read again an article about the increasing influence of the homosexual community with Disneyworld in Orlando. Gay Day has become a signature event for the park with countless thousands of gays parading and pirouetting on streets and in attractions that have been the domain of traditional families for decades.

I read of how multiple meeting spaces and exhibit halls through the park are used for hedonistic purposes such as pornography sales and sexual liason planning for offsite locations.

As bad as that was, what really wounded me was the statement from a Disney spokesman that fewer and fewer parents are expressing concern about the Gay Day activities, and even fewer are asking for refunds because of what their kids see happening during the course of the day.

Traditional family parents just don’t care as much about what the homosexuals do in at DisneyWorld, it appears.

That’s bad enough.

But then I read last night another story that showed the erosion of godly values, not among the carnal-minded who are only doing what they’ve always done, but instead among those who should be digging in their heels — traditional family parents.

You can read the story yourself at this link, but the gist is this: fewer and fewer parents even care what filth is put on TV. As societal values decline, so does the impartation of godliness to children.

To think of where we are now regarding national moral standards as compared to 50 years ago is absolutely mind-boggling.

It’s a bad thing when the gatekeepers of social influence are increasingly characterized by the absence of godly character.

With Disneyworld being more concerned about embracing gay attendees than they are about offending godly attendees, it is obvious that the Disney Corporation has decided which worldview is increasing in power and which one is declining.

Sadly, traditional Christians haven’t done enough to persuade them otherwise.

I share the above this morning because of what I read today in my One-Year Bible:

While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a large crowd of Israelites—men, women and children—gathered around him. They too wept bitterly” (Ezra 10:1).

After the return to Jerusalem of the Babylonian exiles, many of the Jewish men ignored God’s warning and command against marrying non-Jewish wives. As a result, the decay of faith among the Jews accelerated and all sorts of problems occurred for the semi-restored Israel.

The root of the woes was the marital binding with ungodly spouses.

Ezra was overcome with sadness when he arrived in Jerusalem and saw the mess the disobedient believers had made of their lives and of their wannabe nation.

He then led a national move of repentance and sending away of the ungodly, foreign wives. It was a terribly painful, disruptive time, but better in the long run.

The question you and I have to answer is this: do we care what is happening to our nation’s morality and, ultimately, to our national fabric?

Will we continue to let the people of the world play with matches while we share space in an increasingly dry forest?

Or will we allow our saddened hearts to compel us into demanding that they go somewhere else to play with matches?

Better yet, will we do all that we can to water the dried-out trees and saplings around us with the Living Water so that our circles of influence are less vulnerable to the flames?

As I said above, we can’t expect carnal people to stop being carnal people, particularly as fewer Christians even care about such.

What we can do, however, is encourage Christians to embrace personal holiness and to stand against the influence of unholy living through letter-writing campaigns, by economic boycotts, by pouring out the Living Water of God’s encouraging Word to everybody we meet AND by praying, praying, praying for more Americans to humble themselves.

As we all call on God, He will hear our prayers and heal the land.

II Chronicles 7:14 says so.

As always, I love you
Martin

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2 Responses to “Apathy toward apathy”

  1. Roger W. Rogers says:

    Martin,
    I have been troubled for years about God’s will for how Christians should respond to the ungodly events of this world which you touched on. I continue to reflect on Jesus and his life here on earth and how he rebuked the Pharisees for distorting God’s Word and overturned the tables of the merchants at the steps of the temple because of their sinful actions.
    Jesus said himself that he did not come to judge the world but to save it. He placed himself amoung the sinners and yet remained sinless. He had compassion and mercy on the lost. He showed love when no one would. He was king but came to serve all.
    I am convinced that the reason ungodliness is spreading is because Christians as individuals are becoming more like the Pharisees of early years, preaching to others but not living what they preach. Speaking words that lack compassion, forgiveness, and mercy. Becoming more selfish than selfless. In the end, Christians are judging rather than showing God’s love.
    Jesus commanded his disciples to go out into the world and spread the Good News not to condemn or judge. To love just as He loved us.
    The direction of this World has already been written, our orders from Christ is to go out into the World and spread the Good News, keeping ourselves pure, teaching our children God’s Word, and love just as He loved us. If we are doing what Christ commanded how many more souls could we reach for Christ.

    Love in Christ,
    Roger

  2. admin says:

    Great comments, Roger. What captain wants to sail his ship toward a lighthouse that only works sometimes and, even then, is barely glowing? Not much confidence of reaching safe harbor because of that “might”-house. I appreciate your interest in leaving the grandstand and stepping onto the field. With more people like you, there will be more people loving Jesus.

    Martin

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