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King David of Israel quieted his troubled heart by telling himself, “Heart, why art thou disquieted, hope thou in God. . . .”

We are foolish if we think that any government is to be the foundation of our hope. We are foolish too, to think that actual security can be had because, here in America, is a safe harbor.

The only Rock of ALL Ages is Jesus Christ, the Lord. In fact, the word teaches us that “Time and chance happens to us all.”

Since World War II, our nation has built prosperity upon the accumulation of national debt. Both political parties here grew to realize that enormous voting power lies in the federal purse. Thus our politicians have succumbed through the years to polls which reveal the selfish side of our national mind. The reason our southern borders have not been secured has to do with votes, not American security.

The reason that we as a people are not alarmed more concerning the national debt, the unraveling in the Middle East and the expansion and unification of pre-Christian uncivil brutality in the world has to do with the state of public education. Exponentially, education has turned against the very force which brought civil life into Western Civilization.

We have been the land of the free for a short time. The Bible teaches, “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”

Only a short while ago, looking at all of history, the missionary outreach of Christianity – by Celtic monks reaching the Anglo-Saxon Britain, by Roman Catholic monks reaching into European Germanic tribes first; and before that with the Apostles reaching into their vast network, and before that with Jesus doing what He did in “the Holy Lands – the Western Hemisphere was “Christianized.”

To be “Christian” finally became a popular thought. A Christian was seen as a very good person. This thought remained in our land until public education changed that image. The 1960’s social revolution against “the establishment” began the change from Christianity being our norm to its outright rejection.

Christianity civilized the Western world. Education is set today on un-Christianizing us, and with this is the unraveling of civil life.

In one lifetime we have been changed from thinking that “Christian” and “good person” were synonyms to thinking that the many alternative mindsets to Christianity – which were still rejected as not capable of creating civil life on earth only a generation ago – uncritically, and solely be accepted.

To assert that the Mohammedan religion and holy book, for example, and the bloody history of its being established in the Middle East is related to what is called extremism today – that they are the same thing – can land a person in jail or be just cause for his public harassment.

To even think, for instance, that homo-sexual behavior is tragic rather than lovely, can bring a person into harms way.

Disagreement with the education – based norm of thinking today – with an “inclusion” mentality that does not allow disagreement or debate – is soon to be understood as a hate crime. And this is called by the intellectual all-mighty – though they are not – ignorance, bigotry.

We are back to the Dark Ages where witches were burned – and Joan of Ark, and Bible translators, and lots of other actually good people: all because we cannot agree: all because we know that the true fact of human history is that man has been the problem – causer; especially when rulers reign unchecked.

Government has done poorly on earth in creating a better world except when America and England were very Christian and very sure of right and wrong due to their general acceptance of Biblical values – Christian values derived from Bible study.

The fact that people from around the globe have wanted to come here means something. Immigrants more and more are saying, “Why is America changing?” Led by Leftist ideological leaders – which always gain control of education and try to control our thinking; America is no longer going to be “exceptional.”

Our children’s children will view as their “normal,” what they have been taught to think. At the same time some of our professors are noting that their students won’t think; that is reason over ideas, and chooses for themselves based on real understanding rather than the ideological dream of progress.

That the world would “progress” to its own destruction – Hell breaking loose in many places – is taught us in scripture. That humanity is in need of the God – bought salvation – is everywhere to be seen. Virtually all of the problems on earth need a God – touch for their remedy.

Personal salvation is a constant claim in Western history of those delivered from substance, your self (and other)-destructive habits. Lives turned around by an encounter with Jesus and the Holy Spirit – according to scripture – is the one bright hope for any who, as Jesus said, “are heavy laden.”

“Come unto me,” He promised: history records – consider the historic Christian hymns as backup to this claim – that Jesus is the Answer – the only Answer that has stood the test of time. To teach openly that success has been had by multitudes that turned to God for help; and to specifically state that Jesus will help any who turn to Him, is in danger of becoming illegal based on the intolerant view. It has become intolerable to preach Christ as “The way, the Truth, and the Life and that no man can come to the Father without Him.”

History is fast coming full circle to when Jesus was crucified for saying what we Christians must say. We must say it because of His love for the whole world, and His desire to save our lives from the destruction of the world, the flesh and the devil.

Life is short. When the “American dream” has been lost, it will be because government arose and concluded very much the same as the Bible claims, that humans must be governed so as not to hurt one another; so that people will be kind and sharing. According to the government today, the freedom we have enjoyed was not enjoyed by all; therefore, they will control freedom. But controlled freedom is not freedom and is rather that from which England and America had revolted.

Our children do not know this history and cannot, from the mindset which has been planted in them. They dare not think critically rather than ideologically.

Are we then hopelessly to watch peace in the world disappear? No! Jesus is the Prince of Peace. “Heart within me, hope thou in God:”King David spoke to himself in times as difficult as ours. But the times beg for Christian revival.

The best news is that “The Light shines in darkness and the darkness cannot put it out.” Difficulty serves us in that because God allowed freedom of will, our struggles ought to cause us to look up – to the god who is the Fountain of joy and gladness.

“Can anything separate us from the love of God,” asked the Apostle whose life-struggles were immense, and his answer was – “nothing can.”

The state of the world is that “The government is on His (Christ’s) shoulders.” Nothing is new under the sun, and nothing is new to the Son of God who offered Himself as our Ransom – from the world, the flesh and the devil. The state of the world today is the same as when Jesus left the earth: “While it is called today,” the scripture reads, “harden not your hearts;” that is, into our personal life difficulties the Holy Spirit comes; inviting us to be personally saved. The Savior, saves, and is the Son of God’s salvation – everyone’s “today” will end and perhaps soon, the today as “the acceptable year” about which Jesus spoke will end and the “day of vengeance” will be upon the face of the earth.

The state of the world today is that God has been longsuffering, not wanting any to perish. Surely when we see horrific suffering, our own facing job loss, sickness – some terminal; much of it life-changing; when we attend funerals do we think?

The question we all must face is: Will we stiff – arm God? Will we say, “No, God?” or will we say, “Yes” to Him? Will we receive Christ Jesus as our Savior He will give us everlasting life? Will we reject Him – and what is our option? There is no sure promise except His.

What is the state of your world, reader? Can you say, “I am His and He is mine?”

Buddy