Indifference!
by David J. Stewart
"Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger." -Lamentations 1:12
The children of Israel had sinned against the Lord. Jeremiah the prophet had been sent by God to warn the Israelites to either repent or face certain judgment and doom. The Israelites spit in God's face and continued in their rebellion and sin. In Jeremiah 25:11, Jeremiah pronounces impending judgment upon Jerusalem because of their stubbornness and unwillingness to turn back to God. Now it is too late to avert judgment, Babylon WILL conquer Jerusalem and dominate the Israelites for 70 years.
Nevertheless, God in His mercy still offered hope to Israel through the prophet Jeremiah. If the people of Jerusalem would simply surrender to King Nebuchadnezzar's military forces from Babylon, all would be well. The people of Jerusalem would have been allowed to remain in Israel, in their homes, serving the King of Babylon from Jerusalem. Howbeit, the Israelites were a stubborn and stiff-necked people. They imprisoned Jeremiah for preaching God's Word and left him for dead below the city in a miry pit. Israel refused to listen, calling Jeremiah a heretic and liar.
King Nebuchadnezzar (a heathen Babylonian king), had heard about Jeremiah's preaching and spared Jeremiah's life when Jerusalem was invaded for the final time in 586 B.C. Babylon was brutal towards the people of Jerusalem. King Zedekiah's daughters and wives were raped and taken into captivity, his sons were executed by the sword in front of his own eyes and then Zedekiah's eyes were burned out of his head by the Babylonian soldiers. How tragic were all these events, yet the most tragic thing was that all this could have been easily avoided had Israel simply obeyed the Word of God.
Upon Babylon's final invasion of Jerusalem, the city was totally destroyed and burned to the ground. The women were ravished and killed, children were slain in the streets, men were slaughtered everywhere. The mighty men were executed. The remnants of the wealth of Israel was harvested from the city. At it's end, only the very poor, sick and elderly were left in the city, including Jeremiah. Jeremiah sat in the smoldering ash heaps of what was once the city of God's people and wept bitterly because of what had happened to the people. In the months that followed, Jeremiah noticed that the remaining people didn't seem too concerned about what had happened. Jeremiah spoke aloud and asked the soul-searching question, "Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by?" Jeremiah was simply saying, "don't you people care at all?" "Doesn't it mean anything to you that Jerusalem has been destroyed?" But the people didn't care, not one bit. How tragic! How sad! No one really seemed to care what had happened.
America is in the same grave situation today, but will we listen. Is it anything to us? Never in the history of the United States have American citizens CARED SO LITTLE about God, the Bible, decency, America's sovereignty, morals, and righteousness.
"Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play." -1st Corinthians 10:7
Most Americans only care about what's showing on TV tonight, what's for dinner, and is there beer in the frig. It is called complacency, and it's destroying our nation. Complacency will do more to destroy America than communism ever could. By the way, communism is alive and well. Feminism had it's roots in communism. Read about how the Wall Street elite created communism and the New World Order. America is falling prey to evil hands, the New World Order (aka "globalism").
Indifference is a sin! It is a sin because it always leaves the door open for Satan. Our government is going to do to us whatever we allow them to do. We must fight to defend our liberties and freedom. George W. Bush is a liar, he is not defending our freedom...he has taken it away through the Patriot Acts and other "terrorist" prevention measures by the Department of Homeland Security. The "war on terror" is an infinite war with no identifiable enemy. How can you defeat an enemy that doesn't exist, except in the minds of a brainwashed nation? Why are American so indifferent? Please read, You Need to Believe Some of the Things You Read.
One of the signs of a mature Christian is someone who genuinely cares about others. The world offers a synthetic type of love that is here one minute and gone the next (which is no love at all). If you are indifferent, then ask God to forgive you. If I didn't care, there would be no www.Jesus-is-Savior.com. I do care and hope that you do also. God cares and He most certainly wants us to care. Love is all about caring form OTHERS. The hellivision has made people indifferent, desensitized about sin and wickedness. The Word of God can clean our hearts and renew our desire to fight the good fight of faith for the Lord.
Most importantly is that you know for certain that if you died right now you would go to heaven.