Here's what I Think
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Straight to the Cross
COLUMN: Understanding the Times
Here's what I Think
by Emmett Smith
The past week's headlines have featured numerous
stories about Judge Roy Moore, the Alabama Supreme
Court's Chief Justice. While the main thrust of
the major media has been the so-called "separation
of church and state", the actual point of conflict
is the 10th Amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, and the failure of Federal Judges
and the Supreme Court itself to adhere to
Constitutional guidelines. The trend throughout my
lifetime and before has been, that if what the
Constitution says limits what these folks want to
accomplish, well, just "interpret" the document
differently.
Thus the plain words of the text are said to have
taken on completely new meaning. Such rulings as
Roe v. Wade and the recent ruling against Texas'
anti-sodomy law have been the result. However, the
Constitution is not the only document being re-
interpreted to suit peoples' fancy. The Bible is
subject to similar tactics, and they're by no
means new. The evil one has always hated the truth
and has exerted great effort to adulterate it.
It's really easy to do, because only a slight,
nearly unnoticeable change is all that's necessary
to change the truth into a lie.
Paul wrote in Romans chapter one that certain ones
had, "changed the truth of God into a lie", and
that this had resulted in what can only be
described as homosexual behaviors (Rom. 1:24-27).
Of course many other evils are also inevitable
when God's truth is perverted, but isn't it
interesting that the exact same thing is happening
now? A large ad in today's Arkansas Democrat-
Gazette touted a "Universalist Church of Christ",
and went into some detail in explaining how the
Biblical doctrine of hell was incorrect, and that
Jesus' sacrifice was for everyone, regardless of
their behavior.
It should be obvious that if we reject the Bible's
authority in one area, we are really being
hypocritical in insisting that any of its
teachings are valid. But it seems that many don't
bother to give it that much thought. And of course
that's just the way the evil one wants it to be.
"Casting down imaginations, and every high thing
that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God,
and bringing into captivity every thought to the
obedience of Christ" (2 Cor. 10:5).
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