"And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." (Genesis 6:5)
It saddens me deeply as to what we have become in America today. My heart aches as I watch the news on TV and read it on the internet. I am so sick of seeing people, and especially kids, getting murdered around the world. Just a couple of days ago, a cook was shot in a restaurant in Clayton County and the murderer just ran off. A big part of the problem is from our children today. It is the children that are doing most of the killing! They have taken away our right to discipline our children and look at what it has brought us! Whether you like it our not, the Bible teaches us that we are to spank (not beat) our children (Proverbs 13:24, "He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes").
I also find it interesting how people want to blame it on the gun that the person used to commit the murder. I had to catch myself as I was writing this post as to not call the murderer that killed the man at the restaurant a "gunman". What ever happened to the word "murderer". If someone is killed with a knife, do we call the one that committed the crime a "knifeman"? Why is it that when a drunk driver kills someone we blame it on the driver and not the alcohol like we do the gun? As soon as someone is killed with a gun, like what happened in Texas, everyone wants to talk about "getting rid of guns". The conversation always becomes "We need to get these guns off the streets". However, when a drunk kills someone, nothing is said about getting rid of alcohol. Why is the alcohol not the culprit but the gun is? More people are killed by alcohol abuse in the U.S. than by gun related violence. Look it up. It is true, yet nothing is done about alcohol because of the tax revenue that it brings in.
Ok. I chased that rabbit far enough. The real burden on my heart this morning as I think about the wickedness that surrounds our communities today is this: Why will you not listen when I and other Christians tell you that you need Jesus Christ in your life? The Bible is still true when it says, "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new" (II Corinthians 5:17). When a person gets genuinely saved, he is "born again" (John 3:3, "Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God") and that is when he becomes a new creature in Christ. The drugs and the murders are going to continue until those of us that are saved get busy and tell others about His saving grace! The sad part is that when we do, the people will not listen. WHY WILL YOU NOT LISTEN? If you are saved, get busy praying and telling others about Jesus Christ. If you have never been saved, get saved today because you never know when YOU will be the one that is murdered as you are simply standing at the gas pumps putting gas into your vehicle. You WILL die one day, please be ready!!
Rev. AS
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