Beware Of Deceivers

Like all the rest, I went to hear him speak,
The one who shook the world with ready wit;
Hear him, they said, if it's wisdom you seek,
For he's the best at showing how truths fit.
He said, "No truth is ever absolute;
Ev'ry fact changes in this universe;
Men grow in knowledge; each departs his root;
New truths are less likely to bring God's curse!"
I remembered God, Whose truth ne'er changes;
Wondered what He thought about this rash talk; Biblica
Heard His voice, "This deceiver deranges
With lies; deludes the weak; misguides their walk!"
Satan's cohorts are masters of the tongue;
They fill the hearts and minds of men with dung!

I thought of a lady named Marianne Williamson, author of a book called Miracles, and leader of a daily radio program sponsored by Oprah Winfrey. You can read a summary of each day's program by searching for OPRAH on the web; upon finding her Home Page, click the tab for Radio. Marianne Williamson gives the summary each day, and there is an archive of previous programs. The miracles she teaches listeners to find are couched in Biblical terminology, but the so-called 'truths' she boldly proclaims are false. If you have feelings of loneliness, you are advised to search within yourself until you find God, Who indwells every person. This internal God will advise you what action you need to take, which can be anything from dancing nude on Wall Street to advertising for dates on the internet. Whatever action you take is not sinful, because "God" told you to do it, and you know that He will not advise you to sin. Besides, there is no sin, for sin makes you feel guilty, and your loving "God" would not make anyone feel guilty.

This is an example of what is called postmodernism. This wrecking ball of society is the latest dominant philosophy embraced by the gurus of celebrity, and what it wrecks is 2000 years of truth taught by the Bible. The Bible is God's word, and His word is true. He is the source of truth. The Ten Commandments engraved in stone and given to Moses by God 3500 years ago are as true today as they were then, and you are supposed to feel guilty if you break them. The Bible is not a book of political correctness or therapeutic psychology. Repentance, required for a person to be saved, is supposed to be a guilty feeling, so that the person will not repeat the sin that caused it.