Thoughts for Today pt 2

Thoughts For Today

Part two of two

 

We pick up where we left off, and that is inspecting the fruit of people.  Here at home, people become outraged at the evil carnage committed by the Islamic State in the Middle East, Kenia, and other Muslim regimes, while downplaying radical Islamic terrorist bloodbaths in western nations.  Yet these so-called homegrown terrorist cells enjoy the freedom to move about and organize using Islam Mosques for recruiting and radicalizing Muslims.  Where is the sustained outrage?  The president, demonstrated outrage over evil committed in Paris, and then went back to yuking it up with his friends on the golf course.  He demonstrated his outrage against the Christian Crusades, ether not knowing the facts, or purposely blaming Christian aggression for committing this evil, or indirectly placing blame on the Christians for the problems with Islam. 

From the day Adam took a bite of the fruit of the tree, there has been evil in the hearts of man, it is in the human nature.  Good and evil have always been at war, which the Muslims call it Jihad, (holy war).  Some of the more moderate Muslims distance themselves from the Jihadist carnage by claiming the Jihad of the Quran means a Spiritual battle; well I give some of them the benefit of the doubt.  However, in context it is the intent of the teaching of Muhammad that the intent of the Jihad is world caliphate.  death to anyone who does not embrace Islam, death generally by beheading, or at times a simple shot to the back of the head.  Mass executions with several Jihadists with AK-47s just shooting into the kneeling mass of men, women, and children.  Children regularly abused, women stoned, even those who have suffered rape.  Women are regularly whipped black and blue, girls not allowed education, and the family honor killings, to me is more than an evil tragedy; it is purely the product of evil motivation of a false prophet.  

The Jihad is not new and goes back to Muhammad, his bloody conquest of the Middle East, Spain, Northern Africa, even into Italy.  Occupied that land acquired by Jihad and made into a Caliphate.  The encroachment of the Islam caliphate is why Pope Urban gave the nod to the kings of Europe to drive them out; the Crusades were bloody wars, cruel and overreached into their own countries and the slaughter of peasants.

There is no justification for the horrid atrocities waged against our fellow man who were not Roman Catholic.  There is no justification for the execution of women patriots like Joan of Arc, a fierce leader and liberator of France, just because she was a woman who they said had visions; burned at the stake.  No justification for the witch hunts of Salam and the deaths of dozens of women.  No justification or the slaughter of tens of thousands of Native Americans all across this nation. 

No, as for Christianity in general, I would dare say that we must be embarrassing to God, to call us his children.  We struggle just as everyone else, yet we are moving forward, nonetheless, most have joined the church at Ephesus; fell from their first love.  I would rather be with the church at Laodicea, who compromised and fell under the delusion that they could walk on the fence; but Jesus told them he would spew them from his mouth. 

Today we see several mainline church denominations, which fit well into each, especially for my article.  One some have fallen from their first love, and some have compromised their faith.  It is easy to see the warning of Christ in Revelations 2-3 and hear Jesus say, “He who has an ear let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.” 

What is Jesus saying to you?  Do you have the spiritual ear to hear?  Only you can answer that.  You can tell me what you wish, but if you so choose to lie to yourself, shame on you; and you cannot lie to God.