DEEP THEOLOGICAL WATER
By Erwin Bourne—August 7, 2002

The Lord will not save a person against his will, but
He has a thousand ways of making him more willing.
Our prayers unleash the power of God in the life of
another individual.  We have been granted the
privilege of entering intercessory prayer for our
loved ones.  In return, He brings positive influences
into his or her life.  Beyond that, He will not go.

God will not force Himself on anyone.  Second Peter
3:9 says,  “He is patient with you, not wanting anyone
to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.”  To
claim this great salvation, there is a condition.  He
or she must repent of sins and believe on the name of
the Lord Jesus Christ.  Without that step of faith,
the gift of forgiveness and eternal life is
impossible.

God will not ride roughshod over the will of any
individual.  He deals respectfully with each person
and seeks to attract him or her to Himself.  It is
wrong, therefore, to blame God if that process takes
years to accomplish.   Will God not be offended if we
come repeatedly with the same request?  “No, this is a
continuing spiritual battle.  The salvation of souls
is at stake.

There is something inherently evil about the
prevailing notion that man no longer needs God.  Even
more odious is the New Age philosophy that grants
godlike status to mere mortals.  Human secularism has
determined that there are no eternal truths, no
transcendent values, no ultimate rights and wrongs.
What seems right at the time is right.  Morality is
determined by public opinion polls, as though our
pooled ignorance will somehow produce verity.

When I think of arrogance and human contempt for God,
I am reminded of the deceased rock star, John Lennon.
He and his fellow Beatles rebelled against everything
holy and clean.  They popularized the use of marijuana
and hard drugs among a generation of young people.
Some of their music set the stage for the demonic
excesses of today’s rock industry. 

Lennon was also an outspoken atheist.  One of his
well-known compositions postulated a world with no
religion to wreak havoc on mankind.  He felt that
patriotism and belief in God were responsible for war
and other social ills.  He wrote,  “Christianity will
go.  We’re more popular than Jesus now; I don’t know
which will go first—rock ‘n’ roll or Christianity.”
As it turned out, Lennon was the one to go, succumbing
in 1980 to five bullets fired by a psychopath on the
streets of New York City.  Any man is a fool,
regardless of his intelligence or accomplishments, if
he fails to reckon with the God of this universe.
It’s that simple.”


Edited by Erwin Bourne
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