This is exactly what happened in our country. Slavery was chosen and we live with the consequences today as those who are descendants of slaves today riot in our streets. Of course not all are doing it, but enough that there is constant turmoil.
Just when we thought the prejudice was over things were getting better, someone comes along to stir it up again. The sin of slavery always has it's consequences, anything lacking integrity has it's long term consequences.
This article is a good perspective on what happens when we follow our avarice instead of God's principles.
We can compare this to divorce and remarriage today, the freedom to write, film and distribute all kinds of filth, preferring the short term easy answers to raising children as apposed to the hard work of being a parent, through the happy feelings of elevating children so they will like us. Much like the milk toast preaching in our churches today, it makes people feel good but has devastating long term effects that destroy families and communities.
If we had the intelligence to look back at our expedient decisions we would see the long term effects of ignoring God's way of dealing with things, which require hard work, difficult encounters with others but in the long run, bring righteousness and order to our culture.
So sorry we chose the lazy route, the route that gave us temporary happiness with long term devastation.
Proverbs 21:20
"There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, But a foolish man swallows it up."
Matthew 23:34
"Therefore, behold, I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city,"
God sent us the Bible and godly men to teach and train us, but we went down to Egypt for our counsel figuratively when we turned to psychology teaching as the god of our age. It has destroyed us as a culture, ruined families beyond repair and brought an entire nation to it's knees. AND FOR WHAT? The freedom to do as we please without accountability.
Isaiah 31:1-2 "1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help And rely on horses, And trust in chariots because they are many And in horsemen because they are very strong, But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD! 2 Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster And does not retract His words, But will arise against the house of evildoers And against the help of the workers of iniquity.…"
When we spurn the counsel of God and the counsel of godly people in favor of worldly and expedient measures for self gratification, eventually we will experience the ruination of everything in our path.
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