The Environmental Solutions
Good Morning,
“Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.”
What is going to destroy the earth and humanity? Bear with me through a few illustrations and I will tell you.
I remember being on a bike trail with one of our children, we were deep in the hills of Northern California and enjoying the day. The child, getting in front of me was speeding away and I noticed a sharp corner with dirt or sand on it. To me, experience said, “This is a place to lose traction and crash.” The child did not have the experience I had and sped toward the sharp bend in the road. Too far ahead to hear my warning and trusting in their own perception and limited experience, the inevitable occurred and I, seconds later, came upon the crash.
Experience gave me the superior ability as guide and lead biker, but inexperience took the lead (assured of their own ability) and disaster followed. Most of our earthly wisdom is gained by experiencing or watching another experience something.
Proverbs 19:25 “Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware…”
Proverbs 27:12 “A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.”
This last passage illustrates the bike incident. Simple does not mean bad or sinful, just inexperienced. Time and experience allows us to learn much, and as such, we ought to listen to those who are older than us.
When it comes to God, morality, and spiritual truth, we have no true experience – only shallow earthly circumstances. We have no knowledge except our own eyes and ears, and they cannnot know truth about eternal things. Therefore, we need to look to the Bible, for It tells us what cannot be learned by walking in the world.
Humanity tends to have opinions based upon nothing at all. We form our thoughts or develop our views based upon what seems logical or what we heard. Boastful speakers will insist that their views are correct, yet, their few decades of life give them no possible ability to understand the eternal perspective. Experience is how we learn about hot and cold, slippery corners on roads, and most everything else – we learn through our senses. When faced with long-term problems, our opinions are worthless and our views are vain; the Bible becomes the basis for all truth. The inexperienced and simple will end up in a wreck as my child did.
Regarding our personal behaviour, we tend to think our life is our own, and that it is our business what we do or do not do. This philosophy leads to the use of alcohol and drugs, moral depravity, and other corrupt activities. What most do not know is that God deals with societies, centuries, and the planet based upon our behavior.
That is a long introduction to get us to the point.
Isaiah 24:4 “The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.”
vs. 5 “The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.”
vs. 6 “Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.”
These foolish environmentalists think plastic straws or gas-powered cars are destroying the earth. Read what God says is causing the ruin of our planet:
Isaiah 24:5 “… they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.”
vs. 6 “Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth…”
The sense of touch, smell, hearing, and taste cannot predetermine the end result of violating the law of God. When man changes what is right and wrong, God promises a result, globally. Humanity needs to go to the wiser One (God) and seek His understanding so the world does not end up in a wreck. God says that when we transgress, change, and break Bible commands, the earth is destroyed.
This is the cure for all environmental ills. Obey the Bible! The trouble is, man will trust his senses rather than the Bible so people will crawl down that pitiful hole of self-reliance. Trusting in the vain perspective of a brief life, humanity will force others to drive electric cars (that get their power from coal), and rid the world of cows (who exude CO2), while fighting for “equality” and “diversity,” while thinking they are saving the world.
Look at what God said:
Isaiah 24:4 “The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.”
vs. 5 “The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.”
vs. 6 “Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.”
Mankind and the earth will be destroyed because mankind refuses to submit themselves to the law of God.
Pastor