This reminds me too, of the Cannabis crowd. Only foolish young people smoked it in the 70's, the wild and the rebellious fringe partook.
Now we see old people and their adult children in our town going into those pot stores. People we never thought would ever indulge are now doing it because it is legal. This just goes to show that often laws keep people from things while their heart wants to indulge.
We need these laws to keep people under control to protect society. When we legalize sin, that's when the pulse of the culture is revealed.
Decent people who care about others don't need laws, they will do what is right no matter what the law says is legal. It's those who harbored rebellion in their heart all along who jump on the next band wagon that allows them to be immoral through the removing of laws that restrain behavior, who will be seen engaging in sin as soon as the law allows.
1 Timothy 1:8-10 "…8 Now we know that the Law is good, if one uses it legitimately. 9 We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers, 10 for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching…"
Is anyone righteous really shocked at the explosion of homosexuality and other perversions? Perhaps when the laws are removed that restrain sin, we are exposed to the true hearts of those that will openly indulge. Not only are they openly indulging in sin, they are getting up in the faces of those who want nothing to do with it. Their goal is to intimidate everyone in the culture to fear rejection when they speak truth boldly against sin.
Since all shame has been removed, allowing full expression of it, things we thought we would never see openly in our culture are walking the streets blatantly and unashamedly.
Jeremiah 6:14-15 "…14"They have healed the brokenness of My people superficially, Saying, 'Peace, peace,' But there is no peace. 15"Were they ashamed because of the abomination they have done? They were not even ashamed at all; They did not even know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; At the time that I punish them, They shall be cast down," says the LORD."
Notice verse 14 of the Jeremiah passage above? "They have healed the brokenness of My people SUPERFICIALLY."
The modern solution of saving people from illegal conduct, is to legalize it so there is no penalty for it. Instead of counseling them to turn from sin, they remove the restraint, only managing to increase the problem while offering no escape from the sin.
AND, I don't believe the lie the sellers are propagating that Cannabis is needed for medical problems. There are many legal drugs out there that help with all kinds of pain, this is just a pile of bovine fecal matter.
Portland Oregon has been handing out clean needles to hard drug addicts for years. The powers that be, are perverse enough to think they are being kind in doing this. They can keep them drug addicts, living in the streets, destroying their families as well as themselves, but at least the clean needle will keep them from getting AIDS. This is what God calls the "foolishness of the worlds wisdom."
God's solution is to bring the addict to Christ, give them the means to clean up their lives while encouraging them in the ways of righteousness. When God cleans us up, families are restored, immorality is removed and a life of purpose and productivity returns.
The world can't stand that someone will be unhappy for a short time for a cure to be administered. They would rather see the person on drugs remain a despicable, a drain on themselves and society, than to see them successful and productive.
This is the world's idea of love, let someone stay sick and miserable until they die in a dark place alone one day. The world's way is not love nor is it helpful! The devil is the author of these worldly methods, he loves that people are destroyed at their own hands through weakness.
This idea of helping someone to die or laughing at their calamity through indifference, reminds me of the story in Florida, of teenagers this last week who watched a man drown while mocking and laughing at him without lifting a finger to help him. Why is giving illegal drugs to addicts any different from this story of the drowning man.
Evil men throw a 50 pound weight to someone who is drowning, laughing mockingly as the life is sucked out of him. If anyone gives a clean needle to an addict so he can continue his destruction is no different from the teenagers who watched the man drown.
God's love doesn't look like that, He cares about helping someone become what He intended for them, that is holy, righteous and clean in body soul and spirit.
No one but a devil could help someone harm themselves or stand by and watch them struggle without help. Shame on these devils, shame shame!!!!
