children before they are born, where priests in the name of God molest children, and where so-called rational people believe that we are related to primates and call such unfounded imaginations “science.”
And yet there is an insanity that rises above all this craziness. It is the ultimate psychosis. God offers everlasting life to all who trust and obey Him, and the insane mock Him and His Word. The Bible says that when we come to Christ we receive a “sound” mind. Until then, the insane live on undiagnosed. I am speaking of myself also. I lived to twenty-two years without thinking at all about the issues of life and death, God and eternity.
The Bible reveals the root cause of all this mess. The issue has nothing to do with science. It is a corruption that the Bible calls “sin.” The essence of sin is a rebellion against our Creator. It’s an evil that dwells within each of us, refusing to yield to His moral government. We are like rebels who have hijacked a plane that we have no idea how to fly. We are plummeting toward the ground with no hope of salvation, and yet the Control Tower offers to guide us to safety. That’s the core of conversion—a total yielding of the controls back to the lawful Owner.
We justly deserve death. God offers us everlasting life. Please repent today. Apologize to God for your transgressions of His Law. Think about your sins then think about the Savior. Thinkabout what He did for you on the cross. Trust Jesus Christ—give Him total control, and you will have the ultimate promise from God Who “cannot lie.” He will save you from death.
S HEEP IN W OLF’S C LOTHING
Do Christians make you nervous? Are you afraid of our political aspirations? Do you want to keep us out of the education system? Do you think we are narrow-minded and dangerous? I know that many of you do.
You think that we have an evil agenda, and you are concerned because we are everywhere, and that gives us political power. We are doctors, nurses, mechanics, scientists, pilots, and authors, and some of us are even politicians.
Being born of the Spirit (see John 3) lifts us up out of the confines of the natural world and allows us to think outside of the box.
Genuine Christians really are quite harmless. We are likened to sheep (see John 10), and sheep don’t normally attack people. I did a quick search on the Internet, using the search words “Sheep attacks man,” and came up with only two clips. One was a sheep following a boy rather than attacking him, and the other was funny more than anything. Dogs are called “man’s best friend,” yet they attack and sometimes kill people. It is estimated that 2 percent of the U.S. population, an amazing 4.7 million people, are bitten by dogs each year. Chimpanzees, elephants, bears, lions, tigers, and other animals attack and kill people. But sheep don’t.
You may think that we are wolves in sheep’s clothing, but we’re not. We are not out to kill you, or bite you, or hurt you inthe slightest. We love you, and our deepest desire is for you to find the gift of everlasting life, and you will find that only by following the Good Shepherd.
L IFT THE L ID
A friend gave us nine chickens recently. They were just five days old when we got them, and since it’s been a long time since our three kids left the roost, it’s been great fun for Sue and me to watch these little birds grow and spread their wings. We will keep them inside under a heat lamp until they’re mature enough to go into our chicken coop along with their aunts. No doubt we will see some infighting when that happens as they go through their pecking order.
I remember watching one chick that ventured outside of the small world in which she lived. She jumped up onto the side of the tall box and she sat and gazed at what must have looked like a massive living room.
I couldn’t help thinking how tiny her world has been since she was born (hatched). Her whole existence was nothing more than a