We Live in a Lawless and Violent Age
Few people will doubt but that we live in a lawless and violent age; where moral standards, once held sacred, are being abandoned with impunity. Drug abuse, sex abuse, violence, murder and rape plague our cities. Most will agree that lawlessness is a growing problem. People are becoming ungovernable. The rising cost of crime, and it is the tax payer who ultimately foots the bill, is causing concern throughout society and there seems little the authorities can do to curb it.
New Light, Liberating Faith Movement
An even more sinister trend is developing in the churches of Christendom. Here too we see lawlessness being preached and practiced. Millions of ministers and their congregations are now turning their backs on the law of God, condoning behavior which only a few decades ago would have been openly condemned from the pulpit. This is a serious trend: for the church is supposed to teach law and order. Yet today we see prominent church leaders openly attacking the commandments of the Almighty God. On TV, in the press, on radio and now on the Internet, self-appointed prophets, prelates and priests openly admit to breaking divine commandments – held sacred since time began. Shocking sexual misbehaviour is now openly flaunted as so-called ‘new light,’ ‘new wine’ and ‘liberating faith’ mock the sacred commandments of the Almighty God! Millions of Christians believe that they are ‘ABOVE THE LAW!’ misunderstanding the Apostle Paul’s words when he wrote: “Ye are not under the law, but under grace!
Strange as it may seem, this upsurge in immorality and lawlessness is not new. It has all happened before. What is new is the world-wide publicity lawless churchmen receive. Never a week passes but another ‘spiritual outlaw’ is seen in the pulpit or on TV decrying the commandments of God. The church is in the grip of a ‘lawless depression’ where blatant sin is rampant. Speaking many centuries ago the Almighty said this about the disregard for His law by professed spiritual leaders.
Further Readings:
- Isiah 24:6 - The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
- Isiah 24:6 - Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
- Zephaniah 3:4 - Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
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