I think that the world is becoming more desensitized to the value of human life. Of course, without regular meditation on the word of God, a person's heart can only become hardened.
Jesus' words "you are the salt of the earth" have never been more relevant than the here and now. Death is everywhere, and no one seems to care anymore, but we follow the only one who has conquered death. We serve a God who has actually judged death. Love that thought. This is why this should be the hour of the church to shine.
This is very true. You can thank Hollywood and company for that. The world has been slowly brought to boil, like frogs. You can see whatever innocence there was destroyed when you look at films' progress, historically, which, of course, is mirrored in literature, most of Hollywood far too stupid to write the books.
I don't share very much optimism for this world unfolding, Christians being light aside and Bible prophecy of the progress of things aside (but which is not aside!). The reason for this is an insane stupidity, where we're destroying ourselves as a matter of policy. things unthinkable going on that would have been appalling in our lifetimes, and unacceptable, disgusting, just a few decades ago. There's a strange, as if, brain disease afoot, and this is what is unfolding:
Romans 1:27-28 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient.
This may as well be news editorial. There was a time you could disagree with much, but see why some, otherwise, smart people were misguided. What's going on now is not even intelligent, on one front after another, just begging for the other shoe to drop. I believe we're faced with putting the genie back in the bottle, if men still had sound minds, which doesn't usually happen, without intense suffering that brings people back to God, or simply destroys nations. And all this will, must, end. God has said these things do not go unanswered, that He is not mocked.
At some point, the party is over, and it's more evident it's much later now, than ever before. There's a real darkness over the land it's going to take real repentance, not Christian lip service, prayers and platitudes from the few, to correct. For example, you can't ask God to bless this homo home or the commons His name has been removed from, or bless all our Muslim, antichrist new best friends, nor bless killing people for their oil: God has never been in the business of blessing, rewarding, evil. The blind are leading the blind into to the ditch, and that march is on, feet stomping louder, as we speak. There could very well be some heavy duty sin, heaped into the national account, anymore.
Reprobate minds, from sea to shining sea, is what I'm seeing rear its ugly head.
James 1
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
Galatians 6
3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
5 For every man shall bear his own burden.
6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Isaiah 5
20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Revelation 3
14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.