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"...for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me." John 14:30
The world, in the sense of the word used here, is
GOD's creation Man. But it is important to consider
that this reference is to Man who is in a fallen
condition of sin. Adam was created in perfection in
the garden of Eden. But when confronted with the
reality of the evil and ungod- liness which had
entered into being (Satan), chose evil over the will
of GOD.
In giving in to the temptation of Satan, Man
entered into rebellion against GOD and was cast from
the garden, into a resultant sin-sick world. It is
there that we find ourselves, today. Not only are
we living in a world of sin, which is in rebellion
against GOD Almighty, but we are living in the most
evil time of existance known as the 'last
days' [2nd Tim 3]. Of these last days, the LORD Jesus
said;
 Mt 24:21
For then shall be great tribulation,
such as was not since the beginning of the world
to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Mt 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the
love of many shall wax cold.
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Therefore we see a deterioration of our society
that is impossible not to notice. I am old enough
to remember how when we were young children my
family used to sleep at night, only securing the
house by a screen door with a little metal hook and
eye, preventing it's opening. Today, we find heavy
iron bars covering the front of steel plate doors
weighing hundreds of pounds, no glass, and a keylock
on both sides!
I also remember as a child, that to hear of a
murder reported on either television or radio, would
have an entire neighborhood in shock, and would
remain the topic discussion of that month. Today,
murders in our major cities are, with an increasing
number being accomplished in an execution style
manner, common place. We have yearly body counts,
and cities seem as contestants in a struggle for the
murder capitol of the country.
Believe it or not, at one time the act of abortion
was considered an act of murder, and the participants
including the doctor would be apprehended as charged
as such. Today, not only has legalized abortion
become an industry- but since 1992, aborted baby
tissue is used as somewhat a parts supply for
scientific research (fetal tissue research). Also,
the act of killing the child after it has
normally left the mother's womb (partial birth
abortion) sometimes called infanticide, is a late
developement in this horror against humanity. Is
this not the act of a society
gone insane?
We live during a time, when even the very basic
facts of life which Almighty GOD both designed and
intended, are being challenged. The simple beauty of
the sexuallity between a man and a woman, a design
obvious throughout nature, is being suplimented with
teachings of homosexuallity to children in public
schools as an alternative life style. The Bible
prophecy of this condonement of that which was
condemned as abomination by Almighty GOD (Leviticus
18:22), may readily be seen in the
latter portion of Romans chapter one.
Wars, at one time, were fought by men on
predetermined battlefields, far from cities and
villages. Recreations of such events can be seen in
such films as "SPARTACUS", and in most recent times,
"BRAVEHEART". In these last days, women and
children are raped, then slaughtered in their
villages or cities. The love of many has waxed cold.
It is this depraved world, which GOD in all of His
mercy loved so much,... that He 'gave'
(John 3:16).
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