Woe unto them

Isaiah {5:20} Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil;
that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put
bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! {5:21} Woe unto
[them that are] wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their
own sight! {5:22} Woe unto [them that are] mighty to drink
wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: {5:23}
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the
righteousness of the righteous from him! {5:24} Therefore
as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth
the chaff, [so] their root shall be as rottenness, and their
blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away
the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the
Holy One of Israel. {5:25} Therefore is the anger of the
LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched
forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the
hills did tremble, and their carcases [were] torn in the midst
of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but
his hand [is] stretched out still.


Sound familiar?

Call evil good.
Call good evil.
Darkness light.
Light darkness.
Bitter for sweet.
Sweet for bitter.

Once we begin changing the meaning of something it alters so much.

Once upon a time swearing was a bad thing.
Now it's so common place you can scarcely turn on a tv show or watch a movie without swearing in it.

Already upon reading that how many of you thought- swearing? So. What's the big deal about swearing? They're just words they hurt nothing.

Why do most people teach their children not to swear?
Why do teachers frown upon children who swear?
Employers wouldn't like their employees swearing to their customers, would they?

And yet we've taken the standard of swearing and broken down so many barriers with it that children to do swear, people expect their children to swear- why not they grew up learning it from their parents. People are willing to bend their sensibilities in many ways, changing wrong to make it right.

Swearing is just a small example.

What about pregnancy before marriage? Acceptable. Has is always been so?
Sexual freedom- mulitple partners, sex in any way, shape, or form. Accepted. Has it always been so?
Lying. Accepted. Expected.

People might say that these things are *normal* and have been around since man, and I wouldn't disagree fully.

What hasn't been around since man is the acceptance of them to completely.

What hasn't been around is the mindset that not accepting these things is wrong.

Even now people are called strange, old-fashioned, unenlightened, odd, when they don't readily accept the way things are. Voicing the opinion against those who are supposedly trying to bring freedoms to people is called suppression. Change is herald loudly and those who don't go with the changes become those in the wrong.

Call evil good.
Call good evil.
Darkness light.
Light darkness.
Bitter for sweet.
Sweet for bitter.

Woe unto them.

God has been very clear in His Righteous path for mankind, very clear.

No wonder fewer and fewer people are believing in God, or changing God and His ways until they suit them.

No wonder God can scarcely find a true people on earth.

May God help us. May the blinders be stripped from our eyes so we may see His truth, His ways in their purity and follow them, follow Him, believe in Him and His ways.

May the Holy Spirit guide our understanding so that we don't call evil good, or good evil, that we don't claim darkness for light or light for darkness, so that we may know without doubt that bitter isn't sweet, and sweet isn't bitter.

We need the Lord. We need the guidance of the Holy Spirit. We need the blinders off our eyes so that only the truth in Christ remains.

By the mercy and grace of our Savior Jesus Christ our Lord now and forever.

Amen.