The Solution

Good Morning,

If you read your Bible, you know people often become angry with others, and trouble follows.  Cain killed Abel for little or no logical reason.  In Genesis 4:3, the admission of another killing is also stated.  The story of Noah and the Ark provides an account of a land filled with violence. Not long after Noah got off the ark, we find him drunk.  Achan stole possessions from Jericho, and his family was killed.

Long before the Ten Commandments were given, mankind continually broke the laws. We can jump ahead in time to when Judas betrayed Jesus or to the early church era when God killed two deceitful members in Acts 5.

Do not be surprised by sinful deeds.  Jeremiah 17 tells us “the heart is deceitful above all things.”  Consider the phrase: “above all things.”  There is nothing on earth more deceitful than our hearts.  

Rather than being shocked that humanity is flawed, perhaps we should work on the problem – the heart.  

Matthew 15:19 “For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:”

Perhaps we should focus on what is getting into our hearts.  The book of Proverbs suggests that we control our thoughts:  Proverbs 23:7 “…as he thinketh in his heart, so is he." 

It might be wise to seriously consider our music, entertainment, social media, and all the information that emerges on the digital devices our young people carry with them 24/7.   If we expect our young people to have good thoughts, and we want those thoughts to produce a good heart, we would be wise to reconsider which schools our young people attend.

It is easier to complain about a bad product than it is to work on a solution. The solution is a preventative measure, but the fact is, prevention is the only thing that will work when it comes to a sinful heart. We must labor to wash it clean with the Word of God and do our best to protect that heart from all of the garbage in the world.

Pastor