Safety & Security

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

~ 1 Thessalonians 5:3

Security is the new god. It has supplanted Christ. How easily Christians have forgotten the teachings of Christ - “For whosoever seeks to save his life shall lose it…” Matt. 16:25. We would do well to heed the words of Victor Hugo in the person of Bishop Bienvenu –

"Let us never fear robbers nor murderers. Those are dangers from without, petty dangers. Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves. What matters it what threatens our head or our purse! Let us think only of that which threatens our soul."

Christians – return to following Christ. You cannot serve two masters. You cannot serve God and safety. You cannot serve Christ and Caesar.

You have heard that we should not hate. That is not wholly true. We must not hate our neighbor; we must love him. We must however hate sin; we must hate the sin within us. We must hate what sin does to us and what it does to others, and in turn hate the sin itself for the evil that it is.

You have heard it said, “Hate the sin, but love the sinner.” This statement is true, but how we twist it in our heart to hate the sinner for what his sin does to us, while we love and cherish our own sins. When we truly hate sin we will automatically love the sinner. We need not try to do both. No matter if we love the sinner or simply hate the sin, one will always result in the other.

What then should we do? We should love our neighbor regardless of his sin. We should hate sin, especially in ourselves. We should not think ill of our neighbor, but give the benefit of doubt and more. God has not appointed us to judge others, but we should judge ourselves. If we do not then God will.

We should repent of our murders and tortures. We should pray for the families surviving those who we have killed. We should provide financial support to them. Let us be holy as God is holy. Let us be merciful as God is merciful. Let us love as God is love.


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