"It seems to me that we Christians and our faith are constantly under attack. It just appears that it is OK to belittle Christians, and there are really no repercussions to those who perpetuate the onslaught. The media loves to do it, the political left finds pleasure in it, and of course the Muslims won't tolerate us. It appears as well that our own government is becoming increasingly secular despite the words "In God We Trust" that everyone carries around with them."
Christian persecution is not a new invention. It started with the agony that Christ himself had to endure and continues with all of the martyrs since. Biblically speaking, Christ told us that we would be persecuted for His name's sake. {Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.(Matt 5-11)}. This persecution comes in many forms. The assault on Christians in the United States may be somewhat different that those on the Coptic Christians in Egypt since the Arab Spring.
I have done my own analysis on this particular issue and wanted to share it with you. I think it boils down to this: God is love. {Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.(1 John 4:8)}. The believers in God love life and they embrace life for the joy it brings. This joy brings with it patience and kindness. {But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against these things there is no law.(Gal 5:22-23)}.
But you have to understand that the world in not patient. It is very impatient. And who did God give this world to for it's management? That's right, satan. {I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over me.(John 14:30)}. God can take this world from satan and snuff him out in an instant. But he doesn't. Why? Because He wants you to overcome. {Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.(1 John 5:5)}.
The devil has come to steal and kill. The devil is very impatient. He does not like tolerance. He has made it so the world revolves around sin, and the wages of sin is death. {For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.(Rom 6:23)}. So this world is sinful in nature and wants to rob you of your joy and bring death. See the difference? Christ came to bring life and give it more abundantly. {The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.(John 10:10)}.
Many years ago I was an insurance agent and also sold investments such as mutual funds. In my training and licensure by the National Association of Security Dealers (NASD), I learned that by age sixty five, most people have about as much money as they did when they were sixteen. The onslaught of costs over a life time will leave the average person penniless. The world system is meant to keep you down. Its the devil's plan and he runs the show here on this earthly plane.
I understand that the poor will always be with us. {The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me.(Matt 26:11)}, but I am talking about hard working people who toiled for a life time. But that is the way the world works. That's the way governments work. That is the way satan works. That is why as Christians you have to understand that you are in this world, but not of it. {If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.(John 15:19)}.
My conclusion is that God is love. Love brings life and life produces joy, patience and tolerance. The world brings sin. Sin develops hate which brings forth intolerance and death.
My conclusion is that God is love. Love brings life and life produces joy, patience and tolerance. The world brings sin. Sin develops hate which brings forth intolerance and death.
Any one in the public eye wouldn't think of saying something really provocative against the Muslims for fear they would be threatened or killed. They would probably be right! But no one is going to fear a lone wolf Christian going after them or a Christian group putting a bounty on someone via their website. You see, it is all about God who gives life and promotes love and satan who brings death by promoting hate.
In His Grip,
Dr. Gary Tryzbiak
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