It seems like that’s all we here nowadays from the pulpit, from the internet, from the news, and from people’s testimonies. Story after story of policemen being ambushed, opposing views being labeled racist and intolerant, and more. Even this weekend I read an article about the University of Texas removing the the statue of Jefferson Davis because he was a confederate. It’s amazing how history is being thrown away because someone doesn’t like it. If we’re not careful, personal opinion and personal gain will be the divining factor in all situations.
Solomon wrote in his very first Proverb – be careful…sinner’s will entice you to change your ways and your opinions and your outlook in order to (verse 19) get “unjust gains…it will take away the life of its possessors.” The phrase means that decisions and directions will be made not because of rightness or wrongness but because of the gain of some. In June, one of the CNN anchors even suggested that we should consider taking down the Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C. because President Jefferson represented the South and the South represented slavery so that means he was an example of slavery. Which is so untrue, because President Jefferson spoke against slavery on multiple occasions.
I wonder how long it will be before an opinion like that of the President of Iran that states there was no holocaust becomes an option for historical review. Will our world come to a place where the stories and testimonies of those who endured the prison camps of WWII be removed from history as well? Someone said the decisions that have been made recently in our country have created a slippery slope…I think it is getting more slippery with each passing day.
My point is that the moment mankind repeats itself historically, seeking to make decisions based upon its own personal preference, its going to get worse before it gets better. It doesn’t matter whether the decision is being made in the classroom, the church, the government or in our home, the moment that our preference becomes the determining factor in right and wrong, it’s gonna go downhill fast.
You cannot change the world; you cannot change the opinion of all man, but you can change your own.
Dwight
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