I came across this and wanted to share it with you!
Some of you may remember a Radio Commentator named Paul Harvey. This 47-year-old warning to America was presented by him back in 1965? What Mr. Harvey envisioned back then has become reality. Ponder these excerpts from his message titled “If I were the Devil”
"If I were the prince of darkness I’d want to engulf the whole world in darkness.... I’d subvert the churches first. I’d begin with a campaign of whispers. With the wisdom of a serpent I would whisper to you as I whispered to Eve, “Do as you please.”
"To the young I would whisper that the Bible is a myth. I would convince them that man created God, instead of the other way around. I would confide that what’s bad is good, and what’s good is square....”
"And then I’d get organized. I’d educate authors on how to make lurid literature exciting, so that anything else would appear dull and uninteresting. I’d threaten TV with dirtier movies and vice versa. I’d peddle narcotics...
"If I were the devil I’d soon have families that war with themselves, churches that war with themselves and nations that war with themselves; until each in its turn was consumed. And with promises of higher ratings I’d have mesmerizing media fanning the flame.
"If I were the devil I would encourage schools to refine young intellects and neglect to discipline emotions—just let those run wild...
"Within a decade I’d have prisons overflowing, I’d have judges promoting pornography. Soon I could evict God from the courthouse, and then the schoolhouse, and then from the houses of Congress. And in His own churches I would substitute psychology for religion, and deify science. I would lure priests and pastors into misusing boys and girls, and church money....
"If I were the devil I’d take from those who have, and give to those who wanted until I had killed the incentive of the ambitious.... In other words, if I were the devil I’d keep on doing on what he’s doing.
"Paul Harvey, good day.”
This warning was heard and read across America decades ago. But our nation ignored it! Now we face unthinkable consequences. It reminds me of an occult children's book used in public schools back in the nineties called The Dark is Rising. Indeed, it is! And the spreading darkness is clouding minds and blinding people -- both to the pressing evils and to God's saving love.
The problem with our nation is SIN. The answer is found in the Book of John 3:3 – Jesus is talking to Nicodemus a man of the Pharisees, a Ruler of the Jews and says “Verily, Verily, I say unto you Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God” (Note: The term ?born again,” means that man has already had a natural birth, but now must have a Spiritual Birth, which comes by Faith in Christ, and what He has done for us at the Cross, and is available to all. Without this new birth one cannot understand or comprehend the “Kingdom of God.”)
