Millions of Christians are busy, burying their heads in the sand pretending that the devastating events of our times are not really happening. They are desperately trying to escape the realities of pressures of modern living and their obligation. Escapism is not in itself a condition of mental sickness, but a subconscious mechanism trying to escape the realities and the shame they have.
They disappear into worlds of their own creation in their attempt to escape the real world. The frightening fact about mental and emotional illness is that it is making alarming inroads into the present generation of young people.
A recent magazine article calls the youth of today \u201cthe tormented generation\u201d saying that twenty percent of students of University of Pennsylvania require help from the mental health service during their college years with the help of Psychiatrist or a social worker.
Every nation, every race, has something definite and distinctive to the cultural heritage of the world. We know that thousands and thousands of souls all crying out for help and mercy.The intellectual climate in which modern man live is a paradox.
It put wheels under our feet, but fears and apprehensions in our hearts. We are able to live longer, but no better. In the United States, over forty percent of the nation\u2019s hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from some form of mental or psychological problems.
One out of every ten babies born today will be confined to a hospital with some form of mental illness at some time during their lifetime. Many of the mentally ill are literally sick at heart and soul. Volumes could be written on the problem of dope addiction. Millions of barbiturates are swallowed every night to help nation sleep.
Millions of pep pills wake us up in the morning after hangovers of the night before. The Bible warns that those flights from reality bring no lasting satisfaction, \u201cwhose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in the shame who set their mind on earthly things (Phil.3:19). One of the most conspicuous modes of escape is alcoholism and drug addiction, which is now a national catastrophe.
Believers in Christ are nothing to God in payment for salvation which is bestowed as a gift. There is no doubt that naturalistic religion has invaded the church today.
Many of our concepts of the church are secularized one. This will probably constitute a period of conflict; the type of conflict depends largely upon the environment, temperament and the faith of the believers. Faith is described in the Bible is the \u201csubstance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen (Heb. 11:1) Faith is laying hold of Christ, for Christ is the object of our faith.
Christians are told in the Scripture not only to pray for those in political authority but to participate and serve his govt. But the ruling elite has contempt for the law and an uncomfortable large number of politicians and bureaucrats are corrupt.
Corruption is universal in the lowest ranks of the public services; it has affected the middle ranks and is now affecting the apex which used at one time to be above suspicion.
We see it in the cocktail lounges where the bored and restless while away the tedious hours of leisure. We see in the night clubs where jaded and frustrated politicians and businessmen watch sensual performances go through their frenzied routines, leaving their audience empty. Most of us are motivated by the wish of greater material, comfort, security and prestige. The world may argue against a creed, but it cannot argue against the changed lives.
There are many people whose lives are marked by the shame they feel and also, if you study theology and religion, but then comes a time when you must experience Christ for yourself.
Keduovilie Linyii
Khar\u00fczou D. Block
Kohima Town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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