Evolution of Morals

 Times change.

The Word declares this.

“My son, fear the LORD and the king;
Do not associate with those given to change.” Proverbs 24:21

In the past, we valued God, family, and freedom in this country. We all believed that a country guided by God could withstand any challenges. It was commonly accepted that the man was the head of the household, responsible for working and providing for the family, while the woman managed the home and cared for the children. Marriage was traditionally defined as a union between one man and one woman. Many of our early laws were based on the principles found in the Bible. 

We used to all agree with what our Founding Fathers said. James Madison said,

"We've staked our future on our ability to follow the ten commandments with all our heart.”

President Abraham Lincoln said this.

“The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.”

This last one is crucial. Remember it.

So what happened? Some people like to say we evolved. This is what we will be discussing today: the evolution of morals.

Let us pray.

Father, LORD God, we come before You today with praise and thanksgiving. We acknowledge You as the Alpha and Omega, the great I Am. We are very thankful for your mercy upon us and our country. You have given us the ability to become your children and gather together freely to learn your will and way through your Word. Please grant us eyes to see, ears to hear, and a spirit to receive and understand your Word. We ask this in Yeshua’s name. Amen!”

We decided, in our wisdom, that we were a secular country. Wrong. We were founded on the Gospel of Christ and the Judeo-Christian belief systems. The Founding Fathers, in their wisdom, even created the First Amendment. Which reads as follows.

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." It includes protections for freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government.

Now this is important. It is the freedom OF religion. Not the freedom FROM religion. The phrase “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion” means exactly that. The government cannot establish a national religion as we had in Europe. That we have the God given right to have God in all aspects of Government and public life.

Those who hate God twisted this around to include this line from a private letter from Thomas Jefferson, “Wall of Separation of Church and State.” They say that this means we cannot have God in schools or any public places. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” Stop. This does not say, “Putting one religion over another.” It does not say, “You cannot have religion in public.” “You cannot teach God in Schools, nor have Prayer in Schools.” This is simply and clearly not true. Christianity is a part of our country’s heritage.

In John Quincy Adams’ 4th of July address, Adams is speaking to the fact that the United States is the only nation in history established by mostly Christian people, founded upon Biblical principles.

“Is it not that in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? – that it forms a leading event in the progress of the Gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer’s mission upon earth? – that it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity?”

So what about that “Wall”? Thomas Jefferson was a big supporter of religious liberty. Because of this, he made sure that church and state stayed separate in American politics. He said this.

“And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated, but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.”

He argued that the "Wall" would protect the church from the federal government, rather than the other way around. In Thomas Jefferson’s letter to the Danbury Baptist Association, he wrote this now-famous line.

“Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should ʺmake no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,ʺ thus building a wall of separation between Church & State. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation on behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.”

The main purpose of this “Wall” was to stop the Federal Government from creating or taking over religion and forcing the people of this country to follow what the “religion" or “church” says. What we fled from to come here. This is why we founded this country in the first place. Religious freedom!

How do you change the future? Start in the schools. Remember this wisdom from President Abraham Lincoln, who said this.

“The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.”

We removed God and the Bible from our schools. Today? We do not even know who God is. We have removed Him from our schools. We have forbidden Him in Government, and we have forbidden Him in public life. We attack those who have faith in God and the Gospels as simpleton, racists, bigots, chauvinistic, and "Homophobes." Who are just too stupid to understand what is best for them and the country.

This movement in America to justify Homosexuality and to accept it as normal places America today in the same category as Samaria. Attacking all that simply tells the truth of it is slowly, and sadly, actually working. More people are falling for the lie that it is compassion. It is right to allow Gays to marry. They deserve equality with all others in America today. Transgenderism is good and needs to be celebrated. Age is just a number, so pedophilia is ok. Who are you to judge anyway?

By doing this, America is increasing its sins in God's eyes. Not only do we remain silent, but we also try to justify sin. We live in a country where we call sin good and good sin. We live in a nation that teaches our young that from nothing, one single cell appeared, and from that, all life as we know it today originated. Setting aside the fact that the Theory of Evolution is both scientifically and mathematically impossible. They teach that there is no God. Biology teaches us there are two genders, yet we say there are many, and whatever you wish to imagine in your mind is considered equal to science.

As a nation, we also violate the Ten Commandments daily. So to recap. We violate God's Laws. Remove God from public life. We have stopped teaching Him in our Schools. We attack those who are His children and those who believe in Him. We declare "One Nation Under God" and "In God We Trust." Yet, we do all these things, and we wonder why there is a moral decline in this country.

Through early education, which is little more than indoctrination, we whittle away at the very foundation of this Nation, and we slowly remove God and His Morals, and replace them with our own. The problem is, ours are corrupt and will bring about the destruction of this very country as we know it.

This is not a new concept, nor an idea. This is History. This happens all the time. When a nation forgets its foundations, it fails. When a Nation turns its back on God, it falls. How much more do you think America will fall, being founded on the Gospel of Christ Himself?

Make no mistake about it, this IS America today. We have "professed ourselves to be wise, and we have become fools." We have not only failed "to retain God in our knowledge," but we have all but forbidden God from being in our country. We have "changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things." We have "changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen." Not only has America accepted sin, but we have justified it and set up a process to attack anyone who chooses to speak out against it.

Why are there so many churches in this country that are being silent? Merely standing by and watching this country fall? Turn to Jude 1

“Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.”

Remember, the simple Truth is this.

“Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you do know him and have seen him." John 14:6-7

Anything else is a lie. Back to Jude.

“Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day."

Who? Jesus. Who? Read it again if you have to. "Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe." God did not give Angels a pass. He did not give His own people a pass. What makes you think He will give America a pass? Especially since America has, in essence, told God to screw off. Seriously, keep reading and tell me this is not where America is today.

“Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire. Yet in like manner, these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones.

But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke you." But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively.

Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error and perished in Korah's rebellion. These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted; wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever. 

It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him." 

These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage. But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. They said to you, "In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions. It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit."

Stop here for a second. Remember, Paul warned us of this also.

“For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.” 2 Timothy 4:3-4

We have churches that are nothing more than get-rich-quick schemes for the pastors and staff. Sadly, many are starting to fall for the lies. Prosperity Gospel. Sin-free life. No hell. No devil. Homosexuality is natural and glorified. Anything goes as long as you do not harm others. No need for repentance. Yeshua, or Jesus, is not necessary. The Bible is outdated. So on and so forth. Back to Jude. Verse 20

"But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. And have mercy on those who doubt; save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh. 

Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.” Jude 1

America today. What is coming is coming. What will happen will happen. Is it all part of God's plan? No one knows but God. However, God tells us we should not worry about such things...

As children of God, we need only worry about being children of God. Sowers of the Seed. Tellers of Truth. Showers of the Way. We need not worry about the foolishness of others. We need not worry about the sins of others. We need to concentrate on God and His plans and His purpose for our lives.

It may be 2025. It may be thousands of years since Jesus walked with us. Our “morals” may have evolved. However, that does not change sin to good or good to sin. Our “morals” may have evolved; however, right is still right, and wrong is still wrong. Our “morals” may have evolved; however, God is the same yesterday, today, and forevermore. Do not be misled.

“My son, fear the LORD and the king;
Do not associate with those given to change.” Proverbs 24:21

Have you been adopted? If not, say this Prayer. Right now. Wherever you may be, say it in your own words, and do not doubt in your heart. God will hear you. He will send the Spirit of Life to you. Let us pray.

"Oh, heavenly Father, Lord God. I am a sinner. I know this. I know there is nothing I can do to change that. But I know you can. I accept Yeshua's sacrifice for me. I believed He rose from the dead. I repent of my sins. Please send the Spirit of Adoption into my life. Help me to get to know the real you. Save me. Please. In the name of Yeshua, Amen!"

That's it. It is that simple. Now go tell someone what you have just done. "That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in your heart that God hath raised him from the dead, You shall be saved." Romans 10:9. You need to find a Church that God leads you to and be baptized the way Jesus said to be. You are now a Child of God. A New Creature. You "have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him."Colossians 3:10

The email, if you wish to contact me, is truthbygod1@gmail.com

May the comfort of the Holy Ghost and the peace of our Lord Yeshua be with you all. May God bless and be with you always.

Until next time, be blessed, be a blessing, and Yeshua is Lord!