Almost every week we hear of a killing in the Middle East. Someone converts to Christianity and his family murders him.
Who would want to belong to such a religion? Surely no one in his right mind.
Wednesday morning, January 1 of this year, an idiot drove his pickup truck down Bourbon Street, killing at least 15 people and injuring a lot more.
What a way to welcome in 2025.
You know, what I wonder–and have ever since the terrorists took down the World Trade Center using our jetliners–is how some people think if they do murderous activities that somehow the rest of us are going to line up and say, “Oh yes, I think I would like to be a member of that religion!” Not going to happen.
And then I find myself wondering why others of that religion who do not do those things are offended when we oppose their religion. If it can be used legitimately to do such horrific things, why in the world would any sane person want to worship their god. Not for me, thanks.
It is a truth that one’s religious faith causes one to act in certain ways. And it is true that however one acts as a result of his faith should speak volumes about that religion and everyone else will be making their choices based on that.
Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in Heaven. Our Lord Jesus said that in the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5:16.
What you are speaks so loud, someone has said, that I cannot hear what you say.
Your works tell the story on you.
That’s why God in heaven cared little for the religious faith of some who were calling themselves His children. “Depart from me, I never knew you.”
In First Peter, the apostle tells God’s people who are being slandered and falsely accused of every kind of barbarism, that they should so live as to surprise their accusers and to put them to shame.
Outlive them. Outlove them. Overcome them with the power of Christ.
No guns will be allowed to get rid of Christ’s enemies. Our approach will be to show them the reality of Christ and hopefully to turn them to Him.
Get rid of your enemies by turning them into friends. That’s the plan.
(Editor's Note: This blog was posted first on Dr. McKeever's blog site HERE.)
