An oracle is within my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes. For in his own eyes he flatters himself too much to detect or hate his sin. (Psalm 36:1-2)
I was just reading an article about Roman Polanski. If you haven’t read about him, he is a filmmaker from the 60’s and 70’s who was caught having sex with a 13 year old girl. Rather than face prosecution for statuatory rape, he ran to Europe. The US has been trying to extradite him for several decades, but the Europeans have thwarted it.
At present, Hollywood is on his side. Their claim is that he is misunderstood and is a genius at what he does (The Pianist (2002); The Ninth Gate (1999); Frantic (1988); Chinatown (1974); Rosemary's Baby (1968), among a bunch of other dubious entries in IMDb.com). Their assetion is that since he has done some stuff that they like, he is exempt from normal people’s rules.
When it really comes down to it, there is a liberal assertion that anyone that is liberal and (allegedly) talented is exempt from the rules that govern regular non-talented people.
One person on TV even went on to say that it really wasn’t “rape-rape” as such. It was different.
And it was different. It was him and not me. If a normal person, a conservative, did something as bad as this, he or she would go to jail almost immediately and society would frown on them mightily.
But if a liberal does it, there has to be a good reason and he doesn’t need to be treated badly. He is, after all, sensitive.
It all goes back to the lack of the fear of God in their eyes, as the Psalmist says here. His self-image is so great that he is unable to see what he is doing wrong. Enough rationalizing and you can be blind to almost anything.
That is what happens when you want what you want to be the defining factor in life, I want this, so therefore, this has to be okay.
It is a sad thing, but it is true. And it will continue to be true as long as we do not fear God. When that fear is missing, and since we have to worship something since we are made that way, we begin to worship what we want.
That is why the apostle Paul said that the knowledge of God is death to those who are not saved (2 Corinthians 2:16). They see it as the death of what they want. They cannot see it as life because they do not have that mindset.
Lord, give me your mind so I can see your will.
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