SUNDAY EDITORIAL

WORD OF WISDOM

SIN ~ "Original sin" is frequently and properly used to denote only the moral corruption of their whole nature inherited by all men from Adam. This inherited moral corruption consists in, (1) the loss of original righteousness; and (2) the presence of a constant proneness to evil, which is the root and origin of all actual sin. It is called "sin" (Romans 6:12, 14, 17; 7:5-17), the "flesh" (Galatians 5:17, 24), "lust" (James 1:14, 15), the "body of sin" (Romans 6:6), "ignorance," "blindness of heart," "alienation from the life of God" (Ephesians 4:18, 19). It influences and depraves the whole man, and its tendency is still downward to deeper and deeper corruption, there remaining no recuperative element in the soul. It is a total depravity, and it is also universally inherited by all the natural descendants of Adam (Romans 3:10-23; 5:12-21; 8:7).

Source: Easton's Bible Dictionary

I like LJG have been alarmed at the way newscasters have been allowed to say things on television with no action taken against them. I sat down to write this article about some of the things I have heard and read lately. We can look back and see that those who have stood and spoken against God have paid dearly. Then last night I heard a name that still sends chills down my spine. That name is Madalyn Murray O’Hair; the founder of American Atheists. Her life and death I will not go into in depth. Simply put because of her actions The United States Supreme Court by a vote of 8 to 1 banned Bible reading at public schools. After 6 years of missing her body with one of her sons, a niece and another man were found cut up into pieces. What I did not know was she also felt that 12 year olds should be given sex education classes and allowed to have intercourse without supervision or restriction.

That said I will now write the article that I had come to me as I was looking up info on her.
“IT IS FAR BETTER TO GRASP THE UNIVERSE AS IT REALLY IS THEN TO PERSIST IN DELUSION, HOWEVER SATISFYING AND REASSURING.” Carl Sagan, Ernest Hemingway, Charles Schultz [creator of Peanuts], Mark Twain, Marlon Brando, Jodie Foster, Seth Green, Angelina Jolie, Bruce Lee, Ian McKellen, Julianne Moore, Jack Nicholson, Penn & Teller [Magicians], Chrsitopher Reeves, Susan B. Anthony, Lance Armstrong, Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Marie Curie, and Thomas Edison. What do these people have in common? Psalm 14:1 (King James Version) 1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

Yes these people are all fools. It shocked me some of the names I saw listed, and there are names I left out that included many Pulitzer Prize winners, professors at Harvard and MIT. Their names might not ring a bell as these do. There are many though; people who claim there is not a God. Not a god of any kind.

As for the opening quote it is written by a fool also. But you know what I do agree with him. I fully intend to grasp the universe as it really is. I do not persist in any delusion and I am very satisfied and assured that there is a creator named God Almighty. I bow my knee to Him and serve Him today and every day of my life.

I will leave you with one more quote: “No, I don’t know that atheist’s should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God.” Former President George Bush.

God Bless,

rECj/LJG