Old-school is the term that seems best applicable to this picture. Old
ways of doing things give way to newer ideas, many of them very good!!!
I remember typing letters on a manual typewriter (no electricity) and
having to do mathematics with a pencil and paper (sometimes even WITHOUT
THE PAPER). Rotary telephones, party lines, mimeograph machines and
wringer washers have all gone the way of the dodo bird. Today, life is
all about productivity. We expect everything to make us succeed; even
our spouse. Something doesn't do this- goodbye. But some things simply
do not change. We grow up, have children, grow old and eventually
die. What then? Well, then comes the judgment. If we have listened
and obeyed, fine; if not, along comes the consequences for our attitude
towards God and HIS WORD!!! Jeremiah puts it this way...
Jeremiah, Chapter 6
16
Thus says Yahweh, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old
paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest
for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ 17 I set watchmen over you, saying, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’ But they said, ‘We will not listen!’ 18 Therefore hear, you nations, and know, congregation, what is among them. 19 Hear,
earth! Behold, I will bring evil on this people, even the fruit of
their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words; and as for
my law, they have rejected it. 20 To
what purpose comes there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet
cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor
your sacrifices pleasing to me.”
But, I like new things, new ways of doing things, you might say. That
is fine for this world because it is changing. However, God does NOT
CHANGE!!! Don't like the idea of being told what to do? That happens
to us all, each and every day. Your spouse, the police officer, your
boss, your teacher, your girlfriend (boyfriend) and many others give
instructions you had better listen to. So, why not listen to God????
In ten thousand years times ten thousand, HE will still be there and WE
will still have to answer for what we do!!! Why not make it easy on
ourselves and just listen? Old ways of doing things (including how we
live our lives) will get us you to heaven; why would anyone want to do
something different??????
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