A very insidious doctrine has been developed in both Catholic and Protestant theology, which has tended to minimize the authority of God’s great moral law. It is probable that the great majority of church members in America today carry few convictions against breaking at least one of the Ten Commandments. The problem becomes more serious when we realize that lawlessness also reaches into the area of religion and affects millions who would never think of killing or raping. No doubt the reporting methods are not the same, but it still presents an alarming picture. More crime is reported in Washington, D.C., in 24 hours than Moscow reports in a full year. Even the non-Christian countries are not plagued with as much crime and overall violence as this so-called Christian nation. It is difficult to comprehend how a nation like America with its rich Christian heritage could ever depart so far from its founding principles. Yet, the next day, even more violent, bizarre crimes are reported, and we simply shake our heads in disbelief. At times we are tempted to believe that things can get no worse, and that conditions have hit rock bottom.

Murder, robbery, and personal assaults have become the trademark of both urban and suburban 20th-century life.Įach day as we read the newspaper it seems that the quality of life has edged downward a little bit further. Our nation stands aghast at the big-city gang defiance of social order and property rights, including the right to live.

We live in an age of rebellion against all restraint and law. The Authority of God’s LawThe devil, through sin, has just about wrecked this world of ours.

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