by Fenter Northern – Northern Notes XLVIII
“Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall:” Jer. 8:12
The media have always dealt with sensationalism and sinful lifestyles. This nation was born in a crisis and has been through one after another since its founding. Good people have cried peace, peace and there is no peace. While the headlines have always been satiated with the ugliest things happening, it seems to have run amuck in this generation. There is a lust for power that has come to the forefront in national politics that is insane to have its way or destroy peace. No good thing can be acknowledged among the noblest enterprises if the sponsors of such are not in agreement with those seeking control of our nation at the cost of honor, dignity and best national interests. Sins are running rampant with little restraint which will destroy us. Murder, ungodliness in all forms, rape, unjust accusations for personal gain, theft, incest, adultery. But I need not tarry on this because all good people observe this every day, and are convinced this world is not our home, and that we are; passing through to the promised environment to come wherein dwells peace, goodness, and brotherly love. This is not just wishful thinking and happy talk but is certified by the resurrection of the son of God from the grave. The most renown atheists have mocked it but are unable to disprove it.
Persecution follows Christians who believe this in an effort to stamp out the judgment of God from the earth, but it shall never be destroyed.
It seems as the recent decades have passed our national public has had less and less use for the truth of the Bible. Society, especially those who are celebrities in their own eyes, anesthetize themselves with a phony religion that can wear a cross as a neckless while taking the Lord’s name in vain. They build their own churches and worship as they please, and do as they please without regard to anyone but themselves.
Having no shame, they are back in the era of Belshazzar who, with no shame, drank intoxicants from the holy vessels stolen from God’s house in Jerusalem. Yet, he was judged suddenly the same night of his orgy. God weighed him in the balances and he was found wanting. An army exercising the punishment for their sins was at the moment invading the Babylon, the city the king thought was invincible against any enemy. Society seems to be is suffering from the same delusion today.