Genesis 6:5

Genesis 6:5 “And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”

As I sit here thinking about the beginning words of this passage, I am reminded that just as God saw man’s wickedness a long time ago, he sees all the evil and wickedness that is so prevalent in the world today (Prov. 15:3, Heb. 4:13). There is nothing hid from his eyes.

Our hearts becomes heavy when we consider the sinful condition this world is in today.  All of the deplorable sins recorded in Romans 1:18-32 are abundantly present throughout the whole world. Hatred, wrath, strife, heresies, envyings, murder, drunkenness, fornication, covetousness, deceit  are just a part of the sins that have become an integral part of our society (Gal. 5:20-21, Rom. 1:29-31). Pleasure, amusement, recreation, possessions, self gratification, wealth are the gods that multitudes bow down to Ex. 20:3, Luke 12:15). God’s law of marriage is scorned, ridiculed and rejected (Matt. 19:3-9). Homosexual and lesbian lifestyles are now largely accepted and promoted in our society  so much so that same sex marriage is being promoted and accepted by multitudes (Rom. 1:26-27)

It is time for a spiritual revival. It is time for a spiritual revival in you and I.  Sin is sin, wrong is wrong and it doesn’t matter if everyone is doing it or how popular it may be. It is time for us to ring out the message, time to go teach the gospel telling men everywhere of its saving power (Rom. 1:17, Matt.28:19-20). It is time for us to set the example for others to follow (1 Cor. 11:1, 2 Thess. 3:7, 1 Tim. 4:12). It is time for us to shine as lights in the world (Phil. 2:15, Matt. 5:16). These are indeed, perilous times (James 3:1-5) and as watchmen, we must sound out the warnings. Like the song we often sing says, “Soldiers of Christ Arise”.

I do not know what tomorrow holds in store but I do know that my Lord and savior holds tomorrow in his hands and I trust him with all my being (Isa. 12:2-3).  So long as this world continues to exist Jesus will reign supreme and all human beings, principalities, governments are under his feet (Psalms 8:6, 1 Cor. 15:25-27, Col. 2:10, Eph. 1:22). He is the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords and he is in control (Rev. 19:11-16).  Understand this, he has appointed a day in which he will judge this world and in that day all men will appear before him and account for the things done in this body whether good or bad (Acts 17:31, 2 Cor. 5:10).

My friends, I know that God holds the future in his hands and we can depend on him. The question is, Can he depend on us?—Heb. 10:23, Heb. 4:14-16.

     Charles Hicks