"They are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you; but they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead." (1 Peter 4:4) I found an old bug zapper in our garage. We received some tools from my wife's dad, and in the pile of stuff was this hard-core piece of machinery designed to annihilate all invading species of flying bug within a 100 yard radius. I pulled it out off the box and hung it up in our backyard.
Eagerly I waited for the dark shadow of night to descend upon our yard so I could plug it in to watch the show. As the sun hid behind the horizon I called the kids, "Hey y'all, come out here and take a look at this! It is better than fireworks." "Zip, pop, fizzle..." A small wisp of smoke rose from the burnt carcass of a monster June-bug. The kids couldn't believe their eyes. The sparking death of a Polyphylla decemlineata really is a curious wonder to behold. "Dad, why do they fly to the light?" "How could they be so brainless?" "Don't they notice that their buddies are dying right in front of their eyes?" A monster moth flies close, "Zip, pop, fizzle..." Bug after bug flew into the light, bug after bug was fried to a crisp. After 15 minutes of back-yard fun, I decided to go inside and see what was on TV. We only have one station (bad reception in the valley we live in), channel 13. And the only thing on was the "Billboard Awards." I couldn't believe what I was watching, it was like "Deja Vu": * A dark auditorium was all abuzz with noise and one big bright light was flashing on in the center stage. * Brainless people were cheering at the silliest and most mindless songs you ever heard. (How can a song called, "I'm So Fancy" win any kind of award?) Isn't Brittney Spears so yesterday? * Don't they notice they are cheering for felons, domestic abusers, drug addicts, and transsexuals as the new modern day heroes? Aren't those behaviors killing us as a people, and yet they are being exalted? It is like watching bugs to the light - - just because someone is on stage with a bright light we are led to believe they are right. One song was a blatant attack against everything noble and pure and people were signing it like they were at a worship service at church. Truthfully, I don't think they even knew why they were singing. Like bugs to the light! I was recently watching a sermon by Ravi Zecharias concerning the impact that secularism is having on our society. He made a point that secularization wants to kick out God from the conversation, and the result is to destroy those institutions that we once considered sacred: Marriage, family, and purity. The ultimate goal is freedom without shame, and tolerance without consequence. Ravi made this point, "Satan knows if can destroy shame, he can kill the soul...Secularization has a deadly effect when it is not informed by a transcendent moral order!" And it is killing us, like bugs to the light!
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