by Dave Brown
Ye often hear it said ...
The bible does not apply to us today . . .
But the writer of Hebrews stated (Heb. 13:8):
"Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever."
Most of us have seen remarkable changes in our lifestyles just within our own lifetimes: major wars, a depression, a period of sexual "liberation," major industrialization, and a dramatic change in the way that television affects our perception of morality.
Nevertheless, the basic nature of man has not changed from the time of Adam and Eve. Hear the words of the apostle John (1 Jn. 2:16): "For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever."
One cannot live in this world today and fail to observe that mankind is subject to exactly the same spiritual forces of darkness that were present in the days of Adam, and those when Jesus walked this earth. The gospel of Jesus Christ is totally independent of the social and economic environment in which we must function. Truth is ageless, and it is the only thing that can make us free (Jn. 8:32).