Has Judgment Already Begun?
By George Stroh
August 10, 2015
And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper... (Romans 1:28)
In my 70 plus years here on earth, societal mores, the prevailing culture and what is considered respectable behavior, has come a long ways. Unfortunately, we have come a long ways in the wrong direction.
Not that people were all righteous and without sin in the 50's and 60's when I grew-up. But it was a more innocence time when rebellion against God and His word was seen as unacceptable sin by the vast majority of Americans.
This is no longer the case today in America, or in the rest of the world for that matter. Today all kinds of sin is not only acceptable and tolerated by the majority, it is even encouraged and popularized in our culture and society; Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! (Isaiah 5:20)
In the final analysis, it doesn't matter what the majority determines is good or evil. God is our judge; And we know that the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who practice such things. (Romans 2:2) There is a coming final judgment when God will rightly judge and condemn all unsaved sinners to an eternal hell. However, I believe that God's judgment upon America has already begun. He has given us over to a (collective) depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper!
Sin has devastating consequences now, as well as, for all eternity; Being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; and although they know the ordinances of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them. (Romans 1:29-32)
Lord come quickly. Maranatha!
