The Evidence

 

Good day! I’m Duane Matz and this is Today’s Living Word:

 

Ho 4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, You children of Israel, For the LORD brings a charge against the inhabitants of the land: "There is no truth or mercy Or knowledge of God in the land. 2 By swearing and lying, Killing and stealing and committing adultery, They break all restraint, With bloodshed upon bloodshed.

 

These two verses speak volumes against inhabitants of the land. As Americans, we inhabit a land and we need to ask ourselves if these charges apply to us as well as they applied in the days of Hosea.

 

Is there a disregard of biblical truth in our society today? A lack of mercy? A general stiff-arming of God, keeping Him at a distance rather than having an intimate personal relationship  with Him through faith in Jesus Christ?

The answer to that question is found in verse 2. How are we doing with our mouths? Is there an unusual increase in cussing? Foul language is everywhere in our society. Even women are using language that years ago was reserved for sailors and the like.

Lies are prevalent as people seek to cover their sins and promote their agenda. How did those last ads in the election cycle strike you. There are so many lies, that one really doesn’t know who to believe anymore! To which I say, believe Jesus. He is the truth!

 

Killing! Not only the unborn , but senseless violence breaking out in schools, malls, theaters, parades, and other places that use to be regarded as safe.

 

How about stealing? Wrongful acquiring of goods and money! Shoplifting, looting, and lawmakers who enter congress as paupers and come out as kings.

 

Then  there’s the matter of adultery! Sexual sin that abounds in the land from pornography, fornication, homosexuality, and divorce, trampling the institution that God loves…marriage between a man and a woman.

 

All restraints of biblical morality have been shaken off by our culture and woe to you Hosea (preacher) for calling them out on it.

 

These are all evidences of a people who have shunned a personal relationship with God and settled for the ways of the world.

 

The answer? As we have said previously, there is a need for repentance and revival in the land. Let us live lives of repentance ourselves and pray the Lord use us as instruments of His grace and mercy in a land that desperately needs it!

I’m Duane Matz and that’s Today’s Living Word