I’m sure if you went around the world asking people “What is the world’s biggest problem right now?”…We would hear a myriad of answers; however, the most likely answer would probably be “The Corona Virus” (2020). Yes, the Corona Virus is probably considered the world’s biggest problem right now. Countries have closed borders, manufacturing, food processing, restaurants, business have shuttered, economies have dipped into a nasty recession, Churches are forced to close, and worst of all, many people have suffered and died as a result of this nasty Corona Virus. The one answer I bet we would NOT hear is ‘SIN’.
What has been done about the Corona virus? People are wearing face masks, people are staying home, people are “social distancing”. Instead of people smiling and waving at each other as they pass by, they are now glaring at each other while attempting to distance themselves, as though the other person is a not really a person at all, but a “vector” for disease. There has been actual violence directed at those who refuse to wear a mask, or those who require masks for their businesses. There has been violence on both sides of the “mask issue”, as the love of many has grown cold.
Researchers are scrambling to find treatments or create vaccines. The world has gone insane. Some people are totally ignoring the problem, others are absolutely terrified to conduct life. There are reports of unprecedented numbers of suicides, alcohol / drug abuse, domestic violence and gun violence.
As I watch all of this unfold on the evening news, my heart sinks. What has happened to our world? People are being manipulated to follow elite agendas, like cattle being herded before the slaughter.
Everyone is running around, desperately trying to put a small band aide🩹on what appears to be a large, gaping wound.
Switching gears for just a minute to explore a METAPHOR….
Have you ever had a pet? I’m pretty sure most of you reading this blog have a furry friend at home. We have this adorable cat named “Jingles.” Haha…she’s just the sweetest little furball, but boy, can she be a handful sometimes! Like, there are days when she suddenly decides to scratch a family member for no reason, or she thinks it’s totally cool to jump on the dinner table and dig into our food, or even go after the furniture with her claws. Oh, that naughty kitty! So how do we keep her in check? Honestly, disciplining a cat is seriously tough!
One of the best ways to discipline a cat is to keep a little spray bottle nearby and give them a quick mist in the face when they’re acting up. Cats totally hate that and will usually back off from whatever trouble they’re causing. But, if you can’t find the spray bottle right away, by the time you do, it’s pretty much useless to mist your cat because she won’t have a clue why you’re doing it. She’ll just think you’re being mean for no reason! The thing is, she won’t get that the punishment was connected to her bad behavior at all. Nope, not a chance!
So it is with mankind. Mankind simply does not realize that it is OUR OWN SIN that has caused ALL of the death, destruction, wars, sickness, famine, suffering, and everything terrible in this world! When we partner with Satan AGAINST GOD in REBELLION…God “gives us over” to that which we seek…and it’s not pretty.
Do we truly understand this? No. Much like the cat, we ponder, “Life is tough. If God exists, surely He must be unkind, or perhaps indifferent.” We seek solutions for cancer, Covid, depression, and anxiety, addressing only the symptoms while neglecting to confront the ROOT CAUSE of our issues. Instead, we don masks and maintain social distance, rely on medication and pursue therapy, but we consistently fail to recognize that it is our SIN PROBLEM that underlies ALL of the SICKNESS, HEARTACHE, and SUFFERING in the world.
ALL mankind has a terminal condition that we absolutely do not want to talk about. That condition is SIN. It is an uncomfortable word, and in-fact, is deemed “hate speech” in many parts of the world. If we even whisper the word “sin”, people recoil in disgust…..“no, there is no such thing.” That is hate speech!”
There are even churches that have stopped discussing sin altogether. The topic is deemed too controversial and unpopular, potentially leading to a decrease in congregation numbers. Churches avoid this risk by focusing on subjects like social justice, racial inequity, Grace Revolution, and similar topics. However, this avoidance contributes to the decline of Christianity. Hmmm… If there is no sin, what is the purpose of GRACE? Why is Jesus’ sacrifice necessary if sin is nonexistent? This mindset is becoming increasingly prevalent. Yet, sin DOES exist, and our discomfort in discussing it does not alter this fundamental truth. In fact, it is more probable that we will succumb to sin when we are not being instructed on how to avoid it!
Sin is the reason that people get sick, suffer, and die. Sin leads to death. That’s just the sad, sad truth of it. Now, this doesn’t mean that the person who is sick committed some particular sin themselves, but rather, it means that this world is SIN-SICK.
A couple of nights ago, my husband and I watched a movie titled “Dark Waters” that was made in 2019. It was about a Christian lawyer who went up against a very powerful organization, DuPont Chemical Company. This is a true story, by the way. Through perseverance and long, tiring investigations, the lawyer discovered that DuPont KNOWINGLY released toxic chemicals into the air, water, and soil in the manufacture of TEFLON…a common coating that has pretty much been on everybody’s fying pan in the kitchen at one time or another. This toxic chemical has killed many people. It causes all kinds of cancers, endocrine disorders, autoimmune, birth defects, and the like. DuPont KNEW it and did nothing about it because they loved MONEY! Here is a horrible sin. A sin that has cost many people their lives. In-fact, they now know that 99% of HUMANITY has this chemical in their blood. We all do…and it causes sickness! The darkened hearts of this GREEDY organization did NOT care!
Now you can be shocked, as I was also, but let’s multiply this scenario over thousands of times all around the world, and you get my point. What about Fukushima, and the radiation that is still spewing around the world because of that melt down. Why did Tepco cut safety corners? Why did they build a nuclear reactor on a known FAULT LINE? GREED, POWER…SIN! We can say the same thing about Chernobyl! The MANAGERS who sent in the firefighters without gear KNEW that the RADIATION was OFF THE CHARTS! They KNEW that they were sending them to their death, but they COVERED IT UP!
Even the Corona Virus became a Pandemic because the Chinese Government purposely spread it all over the world, refusing to shut down international flights while shutting down domestic flights within their own country. The Corona Virus was a BIOLOGICAL WEAPON that was PURPOSELY created in a lab and SPREAD AROUND THE GLOBE for very NEFARIOUS political and economic reasons! Sin causes sickness, suffering and death. It just does. And if that’s not bad enough, individual sin that is never dealt with: unforgiveness, hatred, lying, stealing, cheating, greed, selfishness, sexual perversions – will eventually lead to ETERNAL DEATH in the LAKE OF FIRE. 🔥
Even THE CHURCH doesn’t want to tell us this TRUTH…that sin kills.
people have no idea that sin leads to death. Salt is a preservative. It is meant to preserve. The Church is supposed to be salt and light. But if salt loses its saltiness, what is it good for? The Church is supposed to preserve God’s TRUTH on this earth. So where is she? Where is her voice? Why has she grown silent now when we need her most?
Matthew 5:13: “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.
With the church having LOST her saltiness, HER LIGHT, no longer speaking TRUTH to this dying world, people are stumbling in the darkness. This leaves a perfect void for satan to fill with his lies.
“I mean, why shouldn’t a man marry a man? What’s the harm in that? It’s not hurting anybody, right? What’s the harm in looking at a little pornography? Does that really hurt anyone? Come on, quit being so stodgy, so narrow minded, so biggoted, such a hater“…..says Satan 😈
Do you think that Adam and Eve, after eating the forbidden fruit, ever contemplated the profound consequences of their actions, namely the emergence of murder, rape, war, sickness, suffering, and death? Do you believe they had any awareness of these repercussions? Unlikely. They considered it merely a trivial act, thinking, “What harm could one small bite cause? What is the significance?” They fell prey to the deceit of Satan, and they took the bite.
Adam and Eve believed Satan’s lie….
Genesis 3: Now the serpent 🐍was more cunning than any animal of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”
2 The woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; 3 but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die💀.’”
4 The serpent said to the woman, “You certainly will not die! 5 For God knows that on the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will become like God, knowing good and evil.” (MASSIVE LIE😈)
Here we are, 6,000 years later and mankind is still believing Satan’s lie that we CAN DISTINGUISH BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL ourselves without God: Love is love (sexual sin🏳️🌈), My body my CHOICE (abortion/murder), if it FEELS GOOD, DO IT”……..says rebellious mankind
Would Adam and Eve have consumed that fruit had they known that their yet unborn son Cain would ultimately murder his brother Abel? Would they still have taken that fateful bite if they had foreseen the devastation of TWO WORLD WARS? Consider the 6 million Jews who perished during the Holocaust; would they have chosen to indulge in that fruit if they had been aware of such horrors beforehand? This illustrates a significant issue: human beings tend to be myopic. Do we presume to occupy the position of God? Are we capable of perceiving the trajectory of our actions? Do we truly grasp the long-term consequences of our choices today? No, we do not. We are often preoccupied with our own limited circumstances. We recognize our individual concerns and may think this appears acceptable. After all, it seems harmless—so what could possibly be the issue?
But God possesses complete knowledge. He is aware of the long-term consequences. He foresaw the TWO WORLD WARS, the VIOLENCE, the HOLOCAUST, the SUFFERING and DEATH that would ensue. God foresaw these events, which is the reason He WARNED Adam and Eve about the DEATH and DESTRUCTION that this DANGEROUS FRUIT would unleash.
Did Adam and Eve heed the words of God? No. Does most of humanity pay attention to God today? No. In His Word, God provides clear guidance on what constitutes “good” and what is “evil”; nonetheless, much like Adam and Eve, we frequently disregard His teachings. This message tends to lack widespread acceptance, even within numerous churches. Instead, akin to Adam and Eve, we impose our own interpretations of what is deemed “good” and “evil”.
Everyone is doing what is right in their own eyes. How is this method of “doing life” working for us? What shape is the world in now?
The sin problem is a lot like a loose thread on a knit sweater. We pull a little corner, and well, we can still wear the sweater. It doesn’t look too bad. But then, that loose thread keeps pulling and pulling, catching on anything that touches it, until finally, the entire sweater is destroyed.
Sin and Iniquity continues to deteriorate into more depravity and more wickedness. Sins that were once done in secret are now literally paraded around as GOOD. Lawlessness, rioting, looting, stealing and burning down businesses is now being sanctioned by government officials (2020).
The murder of babies is now considered perfectly fine and good, and if one doesn’t agree, THEY are the problem. Remember when the One World Tower in New York City lit up in pink to celebrate the late term abortion/infanticide law (1/23/2019)?
The FEW Churches that actually do speak the TRUTH and WARN about the CONSEQUENCES of SIN are maligned and slandered for teaching “hate speech”. Conservative voices are being severely censored and soon will be silenced altogether!
Wow, how far we have fallen!
Lately I have been watching some old sit-coms that I used to enjoy back in the 1980’s and 90’s; however, I now see them with “new eyes”. Once a person is born again, we see with NEW EYES. 👀What seemed “normal” or “harmless” to me back then, I now see as the early pulls on the tiny thread that is now UNRAVELING this earth at breakneck speed. We can call this UN-CREATION. Fornication, sex outside of marriage, divorce, “female power”, single parent households were all being pushed and normalized at that time. And it SEEMED NORMAL and even HARMLESS to me because I was not yet truly born again, and did not really know God’s Word.
I’m sure that young people today who do not REMEMBER the past and who are not born again, THINK that what they’re seeing today is totally normal. But for those of us who REMEMBER the past and ARE born again, we see this world unraveling at break-neck speed. In the 1990’s, God and His Commandments were still being mentioned in television shows and music, even if just in a passing or casual comment. But still, people KNEW that there IS a God and at least gave Him a thought. I recently listened to a popular MAINSTREAM song from the 1970’s that was about Jesus Christ. This is unheard of today. If a song is a Christian song, it must be moved to the Christian “genre” and only played on Christian radio stations. Thank God we still have those because God has been totally wiped out of all secular public television and radio, as though He doesn’t exist, or is a figment of our imagination. I now hear TV characters “thank the universe” for things that they appreciate. How RIDICULOUS!! 🙄
This is why the world is unraveling so fast now! Today, the sweater (analogy for the world) is now nearly completely UNDONE – UN-CREATED!!😱
California Legislature Passes Bill Reducing Penalties Oral, Anal Sex with Willing Children
Last night the CA State Legislature passed #SB145 and it now goes to Gov. Newsom. It would lower the penalties for adults who have sex w/ willing same-sex minors. 😱Judge could decide if adult has to register as sex offender if the offender is within 10 years of age of victim.
We are at the time of the end!
It is crucial to understand that sin is indeed real, and it stands as the second most powerful force in existence. Its influence is so intense that humanity cannot withstand it solely through our own willpower. We are unable to do so. The sin nature, which we all inherited from the original sin of Adam and Eve, remains within us even to this day. 😈
We were originally created in the image of God, but we are now FALLEN. 😔 We still bear God’s image, but we are fallen, with an inherited SIN NATURE that gives us a desire and propensity to sin and rebel.
Genesis 5:3: When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth. 4
Always present to EXPLOIT humanity’s sin nature is that ole’ serpent Satan, the father of lies and the adversary of mankind. The word Satan literally means “The Adversary“.
The horrible effect of “Original Sin” on mankind – Life in a Dying World
Sin is not only powerful, it is also DESTRUCTIVE.
If sin is the SECOND most powerful force in the world, resulting in sickness, suffering, MISERY, war, and death, then what is the MOST POWERFUL force in the world?
THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD THAT WAS UNLEASHED ON OUR BEHALF WHEN JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS IS THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE IN THE WORLD because HE IS GOD!
Romans 6:10: When he (Jesus) died, he died once to break the power of sin. ✝️But now that he lives, he lives for the glory of God
Romans 8:2: For the law of the Spirit of life🕊️ in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.
Colossians 1:13: For He (JESUS) rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,
Revelation 12:11: And they overcame him (satan) because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.
There is only ONE WAY to have our EYES opened so we can SEE 👀AND WALK IN the TRUTH. There is only ONE WAY to DEFEAT the SIN NATURE that pulls us AWAY from the ONE TRUE GOD…
We must ADMIT, BELIEVE, ASK, FAITH, TRUST, FOLLOW
- We must ADMIT we are a sinner in need of a SAVIOR!
- We must BELIEVE JESUS CHRIST DIED on that OLD RUGGED CROSS 2000 years ago to PAY THE DEATH PENALTY that we ALL OWE...for all of our sins, past, present, and future!
- We must BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS GOD AND THAT HE ROSE from the dead 3 days later, DEFEATING THE DEVIL, SIN, DEATH and the GRAVE!
- We must ASK JESUS into our hearts to LIVE AND DWELL within us through HIS HOLY SPIRIT, guiding us and leading us into ALL TRUTH.
- We must put our FAITH in what Christ did for us on the CROSS and TRUST that HOLY SPIRIT who dwells within us will BREAK the power of the SIN NATURE FOR US!
- We must FOLLOW the leading of the Holy Spirit, who will convict us of sin and lead us AWAY from TEMPTATION and SIN.
We MUST be BORN AGAIN to truly SEE the KINGDOM OF GOD (John 3:3). We are reborn when we BELIEVE in Jesus Christ✝️ and invite Him to be the LORD of our LIVES. Once we are born again, God’s Holy Spirit takes residence within us and guides us on HOW to live in accordance with God’s Holiness and Righteousness as outlined in His Word (The Bible). God calls us to surrender our human will to His perfect Will. This means that when the WORLD claims, “This is okay, or that is okay“, we MUST align it with the WORD OF GOD (BIBLE). If God’s WORD declares that something is NOT okay, then it is unequivocally NOT okay, regardless of our “FEELINGS”, what “SEEMS RIGHT” to us, or what THE WORLD asserts as RIGHT.
The word WORSHIP means SUBMIT. We can either submit ourselves to our own authority, to the FALSE authority of an IDOL (“false god”), OR we can submit ourselves to the authority of JESUS CHRIST, the TRUE GOD✝️. If we want to walk in TRUTH, we must SUBMIT ourselves to the Word of God (Jesus IS the Word made flesh).
Like the movie “The Matrix”, we can take the blue pill and remain in darkness, lies, and deception, or we can take the RED PILL (this is a metaphor, not literal) and KNOW the TRUTH. Sometimes it is difficult to know the truth because once our eyes are opened, we will be compelled to DO SOMETHING. We may even have to give up a familiar lifestyle in which we were comfortable. We may have to separate ourselves from “old friends” because they drag us back into sin.
But I can ASSURE YOU that the ETERNAL AND EVERLASTING REWARDS for WALKING IN TRUTH, for WALKING IN THE LIGHT FAR EXCEEDS the TEMPORARY GRATIFICATION of remaining in the darkness.
We’ve all got a terminal condition…JESUS is THE CURE
