Faith—The Misnomer of our Time

Luke 18:8 says, “when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?”

It is a sad day when professed Christians start questioning the validity of the Word of God. Few people in this world today still believe a plain "Thus saith the Lord."

Science and popular humanism have ripped the heart out of the fundamental basic beliefs that place Christ in the center of the Creation story, as the inspiration behind all prophetic utterances and the revealer of all truth. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life and nobody comes to the Father except through Him.

As the religions of the world scramble to unite on points of doctrine that are held by them in common, truth has to be sacrificed on the altar of so-called peace and harmony.

How many points of doctrine are there upon which all the religions of the world can unify without compromising the bulk of the Scriptures? Why is it that the scientific fraternity is so bent upon discrediting the Creation account? Why is it that the higher critics spend so much time taking the historical Christ apart? Indeed, we are living in a time when it can indeed be asked: “when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith?”

Today, if we dare to defend the plain writings of Scripture, we are ostracized as fanatical. If we dare to utter the warnings graciously given us by our God, we are placed on the level of the lunatic. If Christ is God and His Word truth, why are we so afraid to stand in defence of it?

As a scientist and former evolutionist, I find great solace in the words, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" (Genesis 1:1). I find no controversy with the words, "in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is" (Exodus 20:11). The best that science has to offer to contradict these plain statements of Scripture is radiometric dating and natural selection. Radiometric dating is based on many assumptions that all need to apply at the same time. One certainly needs a huge amount of faith to believe that…
    …when rocks form, the radiometric clocks are set to zero.
    …the rocks to be dated are closed systems, meaning nothing can ever leach in or out.
    …the decay-rates have always been totally uniform.
No scientist can honestly guarantee all three of these criteria.

As far as natural selection is concerned, selection can only take place amongst that which is already there. I cannot select the better of two options if there are not two options in existence. And once one is selected and the other rejected, there will be a reduction in the number of the variables selected from in the first place. It always puzzled me how a mechanism that makes less and less can be seen as a creator that makes more and more. The evolutionary theory cannot explain how anything came into existence other than by relying on the god of chance. Selection can only come into play once the god of chance has produced variety.

In light of these contemplations, why is it so difficult for people today to choose the option that GOd crated everything in the beginning? God has not left us orphans. He has raised up people throughout the eons who have stood in defence of truth. Moreover, archaeological evidence is heaping up in support of the historic events portrayed in the Scriptures, and ancient prophecies are being revealed as truthful to the letter. The prophecies pertaining to Babylon, Tyre, Edom, and Egypt have all been vindicated by the spade of the archaeologist. In spite of this, the validity of prophetic writings is denied or distorted. If God proved so faithful in the past, why should these prophecies pertaining to the future be subject to so much ridicule?

When are people going to arise to stand in defence of truth? Why is it unfashionable to speak about the great prophecies of Daniel and Revelation, both of which are recommended for our study by Jesus Christ himself?

When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, whoso readeth, let him understand (Matthew 24:15).

Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy (Revelation 1:3).

Today, people want to exclude these great teachings of Scripture from the repertoire of their sermons and concentrate only on issues that will not ruffle feathers. Are these portions of Scripture obsolete? Have they lost their power? Is the Antichrist as defined in Daniel 7 no longer the Antichrist? The great themes of the coming of Christ and the warnings of the great deception which will if possible deceive the very elect—are these themes which may no longer be preached?

We are living in a time when people are hungering for peace, but cannot find it in the turmoil of our times. They are ready to accept a counterfeit peace rather than have no peace at all. Are we willing to let them die instead of standing in defence of truth and revealing the deceptions of our age? Christ said that all things would be revealed (1 Corinthians 3:13) and that the Son of Man would not come until that man of sin is revealed (2 Thessalonians 2:3). What will Jesus say when He returns to see that larger numbers are lost because they were never given the information whereby they could choose this day whom they would serve?

I write this not as a rebuke. I do write with a deep sense of sadness that the Son of God who did so much to save us is so maligned and marginalized. Few want to believe the basic tenets of truth that He has given us in the Holy Scriptures.

Even when God sends His prophets to help us along the way, and ensures that every single test regarding a true prophet be applicable to those that He specifically sends, we find that we have so much fear about what the world will say, that we compromise and lay aside that which was designed for our help. It is my prayer that the Lord may enthuse us to build the walls of Zion, to stand in the breach, and to defend the plain, "Thus saith the Lord."