Revival's Golden Key by Ray Comfort

Author:Ray Comfort
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Christian Rituals & Practice, Christian Ministry, Christian Life, Evangelistic Work, General, Religion, Church Renewal, Biblical Studies, Evangelism
ISBN: 9780882708997
Publisher: Bridge-Logos
Published: 2002-06-14T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

THE BADGE OF AUTHORITY

America has chosen to live in moral darkness. Its Constitution has replaced Holy Scripture as the point of moral reference. The writings of men have be-come sacred. Contemporary America is no different than the Pharisees of Christ’s time, whose decrees made the Word of God void.

Take, for instance, pornography. Why should our government tolerate such moral perversion? To them, the answer is clear from the writings of our forefathers —it is a “constitutional right” to produce unclean literature, even if it is morally offensive. However, ask a man who advocates pornographic literature if child porn is legitimate, and he will usually draw his moral line. Ask him then at what age “immoral” child porn crosses the divide and becomes “morally acceptable.” You will find, with a little digging, that the dividing line is the line of personal pleasure. He doesn’t gain pleasure from a 13-year-old child, but does from a 17-year-old young woman. His love for sin clouds his moral judgment.

The Constitution of the United States is being used for something it was never intended. When a legal document is employed as a moral beacon, we end up with morally blind legislators leading a morally blind nation. Both fall into a dirty ditch. However, the argument for pornography is concluded with one statement from Holy Scripture: “Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart” (Matthew 5:28). Case closed.

When we specifically point to the Scriptures as an ethical beacon, we must make it clear to those who will listen that our express reference is the Moral Law of God. There is great reason for this. In 1989, when I first came to the United States, I was preaching in the open air at Venice Beach, California. Unbeknown to me at that time, the police there wore shorts and rode around on bicycles.

When I stood on a soapbox and began to speak on the edge of the wide sidewalk, a crowd of about 80 people gathered around to listen. Suddenly, a man in shorts stood right in front of me and told me to stop. When I ignored him, he became very indignant and told me once again to stop. I asked, “Are you a police officer?” He then became angry and said through gritted teeth, “If you don’t stop right now, I will arrest you!”

It was then that I noticed a badge on his belt, which told me he was an officer of the law. Suddenly, his words carried a great deal of authority! I was elevated above him, and his badge was out of my sight, so I had no respect for him other than what I would give an ordinary civilian.

Those who are representatives of the living God, yet who don’t point to the Law as the core of their authority, will not gain due consideration from the world. Jesus stood before the multitudes as One who was a representative of the Law of God.

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