Nothing like This has ever Happened Before

It seems like every day things are happening that are worse than anything that has happened before. I know that sin has always been in the world since Adam's fall, but sin gets worse and worse. It is not just that the things being done are new. It is that they are happening on a far greater scale and with more publicity. Something needs to happen to at least slow it down.

That was the situation near the end of the times of the judges in Israel. Even a wayward Levite with a concubine knew things were out of hand, so he let everyone know what had happened. (Judges 19:30) All who saw is said, "Nothing like this has ever happened or been seen from the day when the sons of Israel came up from the land of Egypt to this day. Consider it, make a plan, and speak up. Christians need to do the same thing today.

Many believers are too busy living their lives to see what is going on. They have turned off the news. They stay with their Christian friends, so they don't really know what is happening around them. However, we are to be salt and light to this world. Therefore, we need to take time to consider the situation, and make a plan about what God wants us to do.

Of course, we should vote for the people who will lead us in the right way. We need to be active in church and the ministries of the church to reach our community. We need to be ready to speak truth to whoever we can. Then, we need to speak the truth in love, but we need to do it with conviction. The darkness doesn't know any better until the light shines and shows the right way.

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Tomorrow, I intend to read Judges 20-21 and Ruth 1.