Perhaps it may turn out a sang,
Perhaps turn out a sermon.

-- R. Burns Epistle to a Young Friend

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Unchained Delusions



Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.  -- Proverbs 29:18


Another way to put it is when people stop attending to instruction in God’s truth they begin to reject all the restraints of society and tradition.  I wonder where something like that might be happening.  Older translations often say “where there is no vision the people perish”.  Throwing off moral restraint results in death, both individually and societally.  This is not coming to America.  It has arrived. 

Rather than repenting and turning back to God when we have been faced with the consequences of our decadence and decline, we have, as people like to say these days, “doubled-down”.  The culture applauds that which flaunts morality and tradition while ridiculing and attacking the righteous.  The accepted leaders in politics and the media are almost without exception morally twisted people. 

I know I keep harping on this theme, but the answer lies in the last line of this proverb.  It is up to us individually, in our local churches, among our friends and families, to hear the truth, speak the truth, and live according to the truth.  It won’t be as easy as it used to be.  If we are willing to do that, though, we will be all right.  Being all right may mean taking the express to heaven, but that’s OK, too. 

It does not matter what the majority says, what the popular say, what the rulers or the enforcers say.  What matters is what God says, because the Truth is the stumbling block upon which illusions will fall and shatter.  God will get us through if we stick with Him. 

6 comments:

julie said...

It is up to us individually, in our local churches, among our friends and families, to hear the truth, speak the truth, and live according to the truth. It won’t be as easy as it used to be. If we are willing to do that, though, we will be all right. Being all right may mean taking the express to heaven, but that’s OK, too.

Indeed. And when we make that decision, even though it may seem as though it should be terrifying, it can be strangely liberating provided that we don't waste any time looking back at when things seemed "easier."

Rick said...

But I say, "go esoteric".
Good enough for the Christ, it's good enough for me; Secret protects itself, and so forth...

mushroom said...

That's probably what Jesus meant when He talked about the one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back.

That's a good point, too, Rick. That's what the book of Revelation is, the esoteric version.

I'm getting overrun at work today, so probably no posts until Monday.

Anonymous said...

Wear your cryptic on your sleeve. Hell, that would play in what is left of the Catskills.

And if your hair stands on end, wear a hat.

And if you are commanded to pile up a bunch of rocks, and watch fire from heavan agree, do not make maps that make common sense.

Easy stuff. Birds make nests, flowers open, skies too.

Seems OK even for the ones that get scared. Someone just has to stand there in it, and watch.

John Lien said...

It does not matter what the majority says, what the popular say, what the rulers or the enforcers say. What matters is what God says, because the Truth is the stumbling block upon which illusions will fall and shatter. God will get us through if we stick with Him.

Hell, I've been a contrarian all my life so this tactic suits my nature anyhow.

USS Ben USN (Ret) said...

Aye, one thing I have learned, more than once, is that if all else fails quit doubling down on stupid.