Romans 13:1
King James Version
13 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers.
For there is no power but of God:
the powers that be are ordained of God.
What does the Bible say about technology?
How did people use it then?
How are we being warned now?
Scripture has these to say:
Genesis 11:5-10
King James Version
5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower,
which the children of men builded.
6 And the Lord said,
Behold,
the people is one,
and they have all one language;
and this they begin to do:
and now nothing will be restrained from them,
which they have imagined to do.
7 Go to, let us go down,
and there confound their language,
that they may not understand one another's speech.
8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence
upon the face of all the earth:
and they left off to build the city.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel;
because the Lord did there
confound the language of all the earth:
and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad
upon the face of all the earth.
10 These are the generations of Shem:
Shem was an hundred years old,
and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
Exodus 31:1-5
King James Version
31 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
2 See, I have called by name
Bezaleel the son of Uri,
the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:
3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God,
in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge,
and in all manner of workmanship,
4 To devise cunning works,
to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
5 And in cutting of stones,
to set them,
and in carving of timber,
to work in all manner of workmanship.
2 Chronicles 26:13-16
King James Version
13 And under their hand was an army,
three hundred thousand
and seven thousand and five hundred,
that made war with mighty power,
to help the king against the enemy.
14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout
all the host shields, and spears, and helmets,
and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
15 And he made in Jerusalem engines,
invented by cunning men,
to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks,
to shoot arrows and great stones withal.
And his name spread far abroad;
for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
16 But when he was strong,
his heart was lifted up to his destruction:
for he transgressed against the Lord his God,
and went into the temple of the Lord
to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
Nehemiah 2:17-18
King James Version
17 Then said I unto them,
Ye see the distress that we are in,
how Jerusalem lieth waste,
and the gates thereof are burned with fire:
come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem,
that we be no more a reproach.
18 Then I told them of the hand of my God
which was good upon me;
as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me.
And they said,
Let us rise up and build.
So they strengthened their hands
for this good work.
Ecclesiastes 1:2-11
King James Version
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher,
vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
3 What profit hath a man of all his labour
which he taketh under the sun?
4 One generation passeth away,
and another generation cometh:
but the earth abideth for ever.
5 The sun also ariseth,
and the sun goeth down,
and hasteth to his place where he arose.
6 The wind goeth toward the south,
and turneth about unto the north;
it whirleth about continually,
and the wind returneth again
according to his circuits.
7 All the rivers run into the sea;
yet the sea is not full;
unto the place from whence the rivers come,
thither they return again.
8 All things are full of labour;
man cannot utter it:
the eye is not satisfied with seeing,
nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 The thing that hath been,
it is that which shall be;
and that which is done is that which shall be done:
and there is no new thing under the sun.
10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said,
See, this is new?
it hath been already of old time,
which was before us.
11 There is no remembrance of former things;
neither shall there be any remembrance of things
that are to come with those that shall come after.
Isaiah 10:12-18
King James Version
12 Wherefore it shall come to pass,
that when the Lord hath performed his whole work
upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem,
I will punish the fruit of the stout heart
of the king of Assyria,
and the glory of his high looks.
13 For he saith,
By the strength of my hand I have done it,
and by my wisdom; for I am prudent:
and I have removed the bounds of the people,
and have robbed their treasures,
and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
14 And my hand hath found as a nest
the riches of the people:
and as one gathereth eggs that are left,
have I gathered all the earth;
and there was none that moved the wing,
or opened the mouth, or peeped.
15 Shall the axe boast itself against him
that heweth therewith?
or shall the saw magnify itself against him
that shaketh it?
as if the rod should shake itself against them
that lift it up,
or as if the staff should lift up itself,
as if it were no wood.
16 Therefore shall the Lord,
the Lord of hosts,
send among his fat ones leanness;
and under his glory he shall kindle a burning
like the burning of a fire.
17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire,
and his Holy One for a flame:
and it shall burn
and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
18 And shall consume the glory of his forest,
and of his fruitful field,
both soul and body:
and they shall be
as when a standard-bearer fainteth.
Isaiah 53:6
King James Version
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned every one to his own way;
and the Lord hath laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
Daniel 12:4
King James Version
4 But thou, O Daniel,
shut up the words,
and seal the book,
even to the time of the end:
many shall run to and fro,
and knowledge shall be increased.
Luke 16:15
King James Version
15 And he said unto them,
Ye are they which justify yourselves before men;
but God knoweth your hearts:
for that which is highly esteemed among men
is abomination in the sight of God.
1 Corinthians 6:12
King James Version
12 All things are lawful unto me,
but all things are not expedient:
all things are lawful for me,
but I will not be brought under the power of any.
1 Corinthians 10:14
King James Version
14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved,
flee from idolatry.
Ephesians 2:10
King James Version
10 For we are his workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus unto good works,
which God hath before ordained
that we should walk in them.
Colossians 3:1-2
King James Version
3 If ye then be risen with Christ,
seek those things which are above,
where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
2 Set your affection on things above,
not on things on the earth.
1 John 2:16-17
King James Version
16 For all that is in the world,
the lust of the flesh,
and the lust of the eyes,
and the pride of life,
is not of the Father,
but is of the world.
17 And the world passeth away,
and the lust thereof:
but he that doeth the will of God
abideth for ever.
Revelation 9:20-21
King James Version
20 And the rest of the men
which were not killed by these plagues
yet repented not of the works of their hands,
that they should not worship devils,
and idols of gold, and silver, and brass,
and stone, and of wood:
which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
21 Neither repented they of their murders,
nor of their sorceries,
nor of their fornication,
nor of their thefts.
The Bible is clear.
LOVE GOD above all.
Everything must be for GOD's GLORY.
1 Corinthians 10:31
King James Version
31 Whether therefore ye eat,
or drink,
or whatsoever ye do,
do all to the glory of God.
Colossians 3:17
King James Version
17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed,
do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
A born again is not blinded by technology.
We do not worship technology.
We worship GOD alone.
We turn to His WORD.
That we may be blameless when JESUS comes.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
King James Version
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God,
and is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof,
for correction,
for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect,
thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
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