The Bible is Relevant…..

Reading through the book of Hosea, I can’t help but see the relevance in today’s society. Unbelievers call believers crazy. They call those who speak truth and are faithful to God fools. They set traps for believers in all areas. Believers even face hostility in their own churches. Some examples of these are when a member of your church tells everyone that if you value life and oppose things that violate God’s law, you are not a Christian (yes, I’m not exaggerating). Or when you refuse to bake a cake because it goes against your biblical values, you get sued. Not only sued, but taken to the Supreme Court. When you win the decision, the same day (which should be celebratory), some vile, nasty unbelievers ask you to bake a cake with disgusting things on it, and when you refuse, sue you again. Why is it that people, who don’t even acknowledge God’s existence, or even think He’s a fairy tale, hate Him so much that they will treat others with violent contempt? They hate truth, hate God, and hate people who follow Him. Anyone who sides with God, they want to take down. Just recently, the state of California drew up a bill to ban the Bible (really, I’m serious). There was a principal in Nebraska that banned all candy canes (at Christmas time) from the elementary school because the J cane shape represents Jesus. When people say the Bible isn’t relevant, they are the blind ones, content with stumbling around, thinking that’s how life is lived. The Bible is relevant. Time is irrelevant. Times change, but truth and the nature of man stay the same. How are we to live, make accurate judgements, and be able to refute lies, without a consistent, objective basis? We can’t. And those who oppose God are learning it, through trial and error. Most of the time, when it’s too late, and after the fact.

7 The time of Israel’s punishment has come;the day of payment is here.Soon Israel will know this all too well. Because of your great sin and hostility, you say, “The prophets are crazy and the inspired men are fools!”8 The prophet is a watchman over Israel for my God, yet traps are laid for him wherever he goes.He faces hostility even in the house of God.9 The things my people do are as depraved as what they did in Gibeah long ago. God will not forget. He will surely punish them for their sins. Hosea 9:7-9