Heaven Bound

There is a chinese proverb that goes something like this, “May you live in interesting times.”  Whether this proverb is a blessing or a curse, is any ones guess, most likely determined, I would dare say, by how it is said and who it is said to!  When I think about it, it reminds me of a double edged sword, in other words, it can cut both ways.  Such are the interesting times we live in!

I was reading an article in our local paper this morning, the Honolulu Advertiser in which the late Senator Edward Kennedy is quoted as  saying in 1983 in regard to the role of his Catholic faith in his political beliefs, “I believe there surely is such a thing as truth, but who among us can claim a monopoly on it.”   With leaders like this, no wonder our country is in the moral morass we find it in today.  Sadly, our most respected leaders, no longer possess the compass of truth needed to guide it. 

It appears to me, that those like Senator Kennedy who doubt the nature of truth, do so, because they have failed to correctly define it.  Truth, by its very definition is narrow.  It is very similar to the law of mathematics.  Take for instance, the simple equation  of 2 + 2 = 4 .   The sum of four is arrived at, not by how much we like it, how many people voted for it or how many agree with it, it simply is.  It is an immutable law, one by which the universe depends and operates.  Without it,  it would be impossible to send  a rocket to the moon or anywhere else.  Therefore, we depend on these laws to be both definable and narrow, anything else would be chaos.

In the same way, the Bible declares that it alone is the word of God and Jesus the only way to God.  Its narrow all right.  Jesus recognized this fact, when he said, the way to salvation is narrow and the way to destruction wide  and “few there be that find it.” (Matt. 7:13,14),  In the past century, we have made great strides in forging new frontiers in all the sciences, while at the same time  neglecting and deliberately forgetting the truth from which they must be governed.  Truth, by the way, is not only written in the bible, but, written on our hearts, our conscience – the knowledge of God  “so that man is without excuse.”  Romans 1:20

Our greatest scientific advances without moral truth from which to govern them easily mutate into our worst fears.  Advanced health care, but, for whom?  Those who can afford it?  Those who are deemed worthy?  Unborn children, with the window to the womb, ( the ultra sound), we can see them, but, do we want them?  Stem Cell research and the use of  fetal cells and embryos, should one die that another might live or benefit?   And now, on the cutting edge of science – transhumanism, the blending of species –  (if you’re not up on this, you might want to check out my link to Raiders News Network. You will be greatly astonished, if not horrified!

With out God’s truth to guide us, we wield the very sharp and deadly double edge sword that contains both blessing and curse, rights without responsibility is destined to utterly fail;  a tower of Babel that will collapse under its own weight.

May God help us all!