The Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy is 179-foot tall and has moved about 1/20th inch per year for years before it was stabilized in 2001. It is now 17 feet out of plumb.
One major reason the 179’ structure was inching toward destruction is because it was built with only a
Ten feet deep foundation.
WE MUST NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE NEED FOR A SOLID FOUNDATION
Psalm 11:3 If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?" (NAS)
Our society has seemingly continued to lean more and more over the years and only a strong foundation of truth can bring restoration that is needed. The foundation of the word of God is necessary for the stability of anything that is to ever be built. This will stabilize the human heart, friendship, marriage, parenting, business, society in general and certainly our politics!
Patrick Henry, Patriot and Founding Father of our country said, "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists but by Christians, not on religions but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ."
People v. Ruggles (1811) – A man went into a premeditated fit of profanity, which he’d written out specifically attacking Jesus Christ and the Word of God. The court ruled, “Whatever strikes at the root of Christianity tends manifestly to the dissolution of civil government.” The court explained that his attack on Jesus Christ was an attack on Christianity. An attack on Christianity was an attack on the foundation of this country.
Vidal v. Girard (1844) – A school in Philadelphia decided it would teach morality without religion. This case came before the Supreme Court. The ruling is quoted as follows, “Why may not the Bible, and especially the New Testament…be read and taught as a divine revelation in the (school) – its general precepts expounded…and its glorious principles of morality inculcated…Where can the purest principles of morality be learned so clearly or so perfectly as from the New Testament.” The Supreme court ruled that public schools would teach morality according to the Bible.
Our founding fathers built our Constitution on the foundation of Biblical principles. They recognized that rights come from God not government and certainly not from shifting cultural opinions.
The 1960’s sexual revolution was more of a theological revolution than a social one. The core arguments were:
This is a direct assault on everything the Founders built on the foundation being "endowed by their Creator."
Sexual sin is sex outside the covenant of marriage: fornication, homosexuality and adultery are all sexual sins that violate both Old Testament and New Testament Scripture.
There are those who celebrate June as Pride month to honor the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York City. This was the catalyst to gay pride marches.
The Pride Movement replaces "God defines human identity," with "I define my own identity."
It is not easy, but it is possible to desire change in our world and love everyone involved in the tension of those circumstances. We must be unbending when it comes to the truth. But we can be unbending without being unloving or unkind. We don’t celebrate pride month because the Bible clearly describes this as sin.
1 Corinthians 6:9 the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality. ESV
Leviticus 18:22 Do not lie w a man as one lies w a woman; that is detestable. (NIV)
Matthew 19:4-5 (Jesus) said, He who created them from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE, and said, FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH? NAS
A man is a biological male born with a penis and a woman is a biological female born with a vagina. Men and women are designed by God to be different.
The NBA (men's) and WNBA (women's) basketballs are not the same size. The WNBA uses a ball that is 1 inch smaller in circumference and about 2 ounces lighter. Why? Because men and women are designed to be different.
There are smaller men and larger women but the largest human to ever live (Robert Wadlow) was a man and the smallest human to ever live (Pauline Musters) was a woman. Nobody’s DNA changes as result of gender surgery. This is nothing more than cosmetic surgery. Your God-given gender is encoded into your identity.
It is not easy, but it is possible to desire change in our world and love everyone involved in the tension of those circumstances.
They didn't kill Jesus because he loved the poor. They crucified him because he was politically incorrect and unbending when it comes to the truth.
We must be unbending when it comes to the truth. But we can be unbending without being unloving or unkind. We all have our struggles in this life!
GP2RL: Prayerfully consider a foundational area of your life you can ask God to help you strengthen.
