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Atom Bombs and Opportunity jTUhese brief lines are being written as the full significance of the recent I firing o f the latest and greatest atomic bomb grips our land. W ith forked flashes of light visible in more thqn a dozen states, w ith a nuclear mushroom cloud extending eight miles into the sky, with shock waves felt with earthquake intensity 300 miles distant, an explosion was let loose at Yucca Flat, Nev., equivalent in force to 30,000 tons of TNT . And as if this were not startling enough, the Atom ic Energy Commission announced at the same time that our national stockpile contained bombs 20 times more powerful! Wh ile we rejoice for the sake of ourselves and our children that the United States is thus evidently winning the race with godless Communism in the manufacture of nuclear weapons, yet the fact that man has in his hands such forces of destruction cannot fail to strike terror to the heart of any thinking person. As Christians, we naturally turn to the W ord of God for reassurance and direction in times like these. W hat are we to do and be in the face of such deadly potentialities? In Ephesians 5:16 we find these remarkable words which seem most applicable: “ Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” N ow “ re deeming the time” literally means to “ huy up the opportunity,” which is wholly understandable. But that the incentive for such action should be the wickedness of the times calls for consideration. “ The days are evil” not on ly because we dwell constantly under the threatening shadow o f an all-world atomic war. “ The days are evil” because iniquity abounds on every hand. The spiritual condition of our country is revealed by these late figures from our FBI chief: a major crime is committed every 22 seconds and a murder every 40 minutes; there are 60 suicides daily, and three times as many criminals as college graduates; fo r 'e v e r y $1.00 spent on foreign missions from all denomi nations, $750.00 is expended on pleasures, sin and cosmetics! Yet we are not to give w ay to the black pessimism that fills the hearts of unsaved men who feel we are sitting on the precipice of doom. As children of God, we are to go out fearlessly to meet the challenge of these terrible conditions, armed w ith weapons as m ighty spiritually as are atom bombs physically. W e are to “ buy up the opportunity” first, by living “ . . . soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world” ( Tit. 2 :1 2 j, and then b y w itnessing “ . . . as lights in the world; holding forth the word of life” (Phil. 2 :1 5 ). These two may not be separated, for a testimony not backed up by a consistent Christian life is powerless and a blameless life not channeled into soul-winning is unproductive. By lip and life! That is God’s order. That is the w ay o f victory. It is our responsibility to make certain the world hears our voices declaring His power and our lives showing forth His grace. Then the salvation and security God has given us w ill be passed on to despairing souls, and together we shall “ . . . wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, wh ich delivered us from the wrath to come” (1 Thes. 1 :10 ). Atom bombs are our opportunity—-and His.
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