THE URGENCY OF THE TIME
by Renald Showers (1935-2019) This is a time of humanism, instability, wear a nd false p rophets and Christs. The rejection of God's rule which started for man in the Garden of Eden seems to be reaching a frenzied pitch. Man is determined to prove that he can rule the world in an orderly, meaningful way without God. He asserts that the ultimate purpose of everything is the glory and exaltation of man. His ma n-centered mania not only makes him refuse to submit to the rule of God but also renders him incapable of submitting (Rom. 8:7). Because man rejects the rule of God, his pride drives him to do things opposite to what God has ordained. God ordained capital punishment for murderers, but man tries to abolish it. God regards human life as being valuable because He created it in His image, but man destroys it by the millions through abortion. God instituted marriage and ordained that it be permanent, but man divorces and suggests that marriage be ab...