A New Year, Same Old Nonsense!

One of the movies that I find most interesting and poignant is “The Patriot” starting Mel Gibson. Although the historicity of the movie has been questioned, it is a fair portrayal, in general, of some of the issues that took place during the American Revolution. At the end of the movie, when the colonists are about to defeat the royal forces at the battle of Yorktown, the actor that portrays Lord Cornwallis utters a phrase that could describe all that is going on around us today: “how has it come to this”? The thought that, again in the actor’s words, a “rabble” could have defeated the mightiest military in the world at the time was unthinkable.

The Problem: Sin!

"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23) 

A recent report claims that one in four young people have contemplated suicide in the last 30 days. Other reports indicate that there have been more suicides and deaths from drug overdoses than there have been from COVID. According to still other reports, murders have also increased greatly since the beginning of the pandemic. In Los Angeles, for example, murders have increased 20% since the restrictions related to the virus began in the spring.

God “rigged” this election for you

Well, as the saying goes, "it is all over, but the singing." As we contemplate the election and the repercussions of such for our future, it behooves us to understand that, as the title of the video says, God is the one who determined the results. There is no such thing as a coincidence or mere random events. God has ordained whatsoever comes to pass, our confession says, and we need to believe it wholeheartedly because it is scriptural and true. Yes, many of us (hopefully all of us who care about the unborn and a number of other moral issues) would have liked to see a different result. But whether the trend holds and Joe Biden becomes president or God decides to work a different outcome, we know that all things are in His hand including us. We need not fret and we need not sound a defeatist horn. On the contrary, we need to stand more firm than ever as the world around us goes from bad to worse. The one thing we must not do is doubt whether this is in God's plan. All things are in God's plan. Some of His plan is for the good of some, His people. Some of His plan is for retribution and the ruin of others, the unbelievers. But it is all holy and good. So, today we rejoice that even in the midst of what seemingly appears to be defeat for the forces of morality and decency, the Lord will gain the victory and the glory!!