Shame has fled from our Western
Civilization along with the Conviction of Sin.
Why is this ?
Could it be that to some extent,
Why Has Conviction of Sin Fled from Our Society ?
It is
becoming harder and harder to bring conviction of sin upon the people, in
general.
There seems to be no Shame
available anymore to bring conviction upon wrong-doers.
Now the SPIRIT speaketh expressly,
that in the latter times
some shall depart from the faith,
giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
Speaking lies in hypocrisy;
having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
1 Timothy 4: 1-2
Shame has fled from our Western
Civilization along with our Cultural Christianity.
Why is this ?
Could it be that to some extent,
even Cultural
Christianity DOES
have an effective function ?
have an effective function ?
For instance, if a culture by law
ceases work and commerce on The LORD'S DAY simply because it is the LORD'S
DAY, The LORD blesses that
day with a peculiar quietness and stillness in that culture.
Stores close down, banks are shut,
and employees are free from labor that day. Restaurants are not open, either,
so food is prepared the night before or a simple repast of bread and cheese is
eaten.
In addition, fuel stations are
closed to business and very few travel on that day unless they have a full tank
of gasoline and a picnic basket full of food.
As a matter of historic fact,
"Sunday Blue Laws" were enforced in some states in this culture in
the life-time of many people in their 70's today.
Furthermore, there were no
sporting events or ball practices held on the LORD'S DAY because those things
distracted the populace from church attendance in the morning and Sunday
evening. Even loud or raucous music was not allowed. Radios , if they were even
allowed, only played hymns or country Gospel and preaching programs.
In the days when public school
teachers would read from the Bible to their classes every morning, a CONSCIENCE was developed in that society, a Biblical
knowledge of what was right and what was wrong.
No, it certainly did not make
Christians out of the populace at large, but it did establish a Biblically-based moral law across
the land.
Children's innocency was protected
from indecent language and pictures. "Facts of Life" about the
procreation of the human race were not introduced until after puberty, and
that, in the home.
Adult terminology --- such as
abortion, homosexual, lesbian, and transgender --- was never heard, much less
mouthed, by even the older high school youths. Youth in general had no
knowledge of these sinful behaviors, 50 years ago.
Reading the Bible every morning in
school did not bring Salvation to the nation at large, but it did form a
Collective Conscience. People would do ungodly things, but they KNEW they were
doing wrong because the standard of Biblical
right vs wrong had been established.
For some wrong-doers, their
consciences would smite them, they would feel guilty, and amend their ways to
become more "socially" acceptable. They treasured a good
reputation... that good reputation which was to be had for those who conformed
to cultural Christianity.
Others who did wrong rejected
their own conscience, but they KNEW society would not like their evil. Thus
they at least hid their evil-doings, went to the "speak-easy" taverns
behind closed doors, and generally did their evil in the dark corners of the
earth.
If caught, they would feel intense
Shame.
Of course, the shame would come
because they would be "looked down upon" by the decent people, not
because they had broken with GOD'S ways. Mothers would not allow their children
to play with the youngsters of "indecent" households. Reputations
would be ruined.
However, in a land or culture
without a Biblical conscience developed
,
evil is done openly and flagrantly.
This is what we are seeing running
rampant and out-of-control in this country, and indeed, across the globe.
All manner of unclean sins are
openly and arrogantly being promoted and paraded by nations which have forsaken the means to develop a Biblical conscience --- the only means available to
them.
Now, even the children are
defiled. Like the children of Sodom and Gomorrah, the children no longer have
their innocency guarded by the adults in charge of their society or their
education.
Without Cultural Christianity,
evil reigns unchecked.
Again, many people in their 70's
today remember how "clean" the language was in print, on the radio,
in the movies, and later in the television shows. Not to mention the behavior
of the actors !
However, a Collective Conscience
is lacking now, even among decent people, because Cultural Christianity has
been forsaken.
Are there benefits, then, of
having a society built around "cultural" Christianity ? Yes.
There ARE benefits simply because
The LORD is faithful to His Word.
Cultural Christianity does not
make people "holy," but it
DOES let them know that
THEY are NOT right before The
LORD .
Because of the lack of even
Cultural Christianity in this modern technological world, people's consciences
are parched, withered, dried, and seared until the people become like brute
beasts in spirit. . . only acknowledging what pleases their flesh.
Hearts are hardened
to the intense
wickedness of sin.
THUS, it is becoming
harder and harder to bring conviction of sin upon the people, in
general. Shame has fled a people who have no conscience based on GOD'S Holy
Word.
Instead of their Conscience
accusing them of wrong-doing, they hear many voices telling them their evil is
"good" .
Thus, there is no Shame available
to bring conviction upon wrong-doers. And, the whole of society is lost. Evil
has over-taken the nation.
Psalm 9:17
The wicked shall be turned
into hell,
and all the nations that
forget GOD.
Psalm 9:20
Put them in fear, O LORD:
that the nations may know themselves
to be but men.
Selah.
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Hear
the Word of The LORD from Hosea 4:6-9
My people are destroyed for
lack of knowledge:
because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee,
that thou shalt be no priest to me:
seeing thou hast forgotten the
law of thy GOD,
I will also forget thy
children.
As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will
I
change their glory into shame.
They eat up the sin of my people, and
they set their heart on their iniquity.
And there shall be, like people, like priest:
and I will punish them for
their ways,
and reward them their doings.
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Hear
the Word of The LORD from REVELATION 18:1-4
And after these things I saw
another angel come down from Heaven, having great power; and the earth was
lightened with his glory.
And he cried mightily with a
strong voice, saying,
Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the
habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every
unclean and hateful bird.
For all nations have drunk of
the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have
committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich
through the abundance of her delicacies.
And I heard another voice
from heaven, saying,
Come out of her, My people,
that ye be not partakers of her
sins,
and that ye receive not of her
plagues.
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HEBREWS 10:22
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith,
having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience,
and our bodies washed with pure water.
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1 PETER 3:21-22
The like figure whereunto
even baptism doth also now save us
(not the putting away of the filth of the flesh,
but the answer of a good conscience toward GOD,)
by the Resurrection of JESUS CHRIST,
Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+:
WHO+ is gone into Heaven,
and is on the Right Hand of GOD;
angels and authorities and powers
being made subject unto HIM+.
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That at the name of JESUS, Y'SHU+, every
knee should bow,
of things in Heaven, and things in earth,
and things under the
earth;
And that every tongue should
confess that
Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+,
JESUS CHRIST is LORD,
to the glory of GOD The FATHER.
Philippians 2: 10-11
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