In the thick, swarming midst of life’s unfairness, our options often narrow down to something so simple it seems clichéd: Do the right thing. Have the right attitude.”
–Mark Buchanan
“Without the capacity of rational argument, all our proof of God ceases.”
–Jonathan Edwards
I have been a student of U.S. history for many years now, including a master’s degree. There have been many controversies in presidential elections and there have been questions concerning new presidents. Examples are the elections of 1800 and 1824 in which the House of Representatives chose the President. There was the election of Garfield, Hayes, Kennedy, and of course the election of Lincoln which led the secession of southern states. However, there is a different element today. The atmosphere in the past was assuredly heated, but now there is evil and depravity.
Who, in their right mind would dare to throw human waste at the President? Who would dare to act like spoiled brats that don’t get their way and will not show their faces? Who would not try to work to help the nation instead of widening the problem?
The problem stems from the breakdown of several things: the family, the pulpit, the morality of society in general. When people begin to worship self rather than God, the only thing left is destruction. Destruction of society. When humans cannot reconcile the gender they were born with, there is a major problem. In Rome, there was widespread homosexuality, but there was not marriage between same-sex. What is the purpose? Self-gratification and in that, the mockery of God.
The Amplified Bible reads, “[The wicked are sentenced to suffer] just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the adjacent towns—which likewise gave themselves over to impurity and indulged in unnatural vice and sensual perversity—are laid out [in plain sight] as an exhibit of perpetual punishment [to warn] of everlasting fire.” (Jude 7) This was not just because of sin, but of the overt atmosphere of sin. It was caused because evil was called good and good was called evil. It was caused because people mocked and scorned the thought and commandments of God. It was caused because of depravity and evil.
It is a shame that man, who was man in the image of God and was given special dignity, has fallen to such a shameful state. Today, as change in our nation takes place, there should be prayers for the safety of all that are involved.