The beheading of seventy Christians in the Congo barely registered on the national news. As I write, the terrorist government of Syria has massacred over 1,300 Alawites (a sect of Islam) and Christians. The targeting of our fellow believers for slaughter continues unabated in Syria.
The brutal slaying of children in the womb persists despite the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Demonic forces rally unrelenting support for this barbarism among US politicians and those that support them.
The war in Ukraine has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives on both sides. As I write, the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has agreed to the ceasefire offered by President Trump. Will Russia accept the terms, or will Putin retaliate for the massive Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow that occurred hours before the announcement of the ceasefire? In my opinion, a retaliation is more likely.
The ever-worsening cycle of violence points to the nearness of the seven-year Tribulation and, in particular, its last three and a half years. Notice how Jesus described the time leading up to His Second Coming: “For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short” (Matthew 24:21-22).
Even though Jesus’ words will not reach fulfillment until well after the Rapture and the Tribulation begins, we already see the mentality that will continue to lead humanity to the brink of extinction.
Many of us are familiar with the “Roman road to salvation,” which uses verses from the book to present the Gospel. There’s another highway that I regard as the “Romans 1 path to debased minds.” It ends with the vivid description that Paul provides for us in Romans 1:28-32: “And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.”
The downward trek leads to futility in thinking that ends with the Lord giving them up to a “debased mind to do what ought not to be done.” The word in Greek, adokimos, applies to something, such as a metal that doesn’t endure when tested, thus proving to be unfit, or “reprobate,” as the King James Version translates it.
What happens to those with depraved minds that fail the test? They become incapable of making morally sound decisions and, in many instances, rationally sound choices. When these people rise to power in government, lawlessness and murder abound due to their unwillingness to protect the innocent.
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There has been a lot of talk of people not being of their right mind. Did you know that there is a fungus that affects mice's brain that causes them to behave in illogical ways? (usually ending in their death).
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