92. they decided to bazooka my door down
Posted by:
SeLahGirl on
September 12, 2008 at
3:37PM EST
(and the conversation continues as do my wild and crazy thoughts. haha)
... ^_^ yes, I get the basic concept of prophetic/pastoral working hand
in hand and the necessity of both. Pastoral being to build up, and
prophetic being to tear down the stagnant. Call it whatever you want if
you don't like those terms, but I agree that some elements of the
church undergo change and adjustments to cultures and generations. And
there are some that simply don't like change of any kind, so feathers
often get ruffled with every time of necessary transition.
However, I believe there is a core that should not be touched. The
fundamentals of the faith. Change the packaging or the language all you
want, but changing the heart of the teachings of Christ is another
matter. Feeling that the Scripture is a bad interpretation in spots and
demeaning it... leaves a generation and future generations with no
tangible guidance, no touch-stone to keep their balance and compass
aligned.
God created us physical creatures and whether a
torn page or a memorized passage or twenty copies of the Bible... there
must be a consistency of Scripture for believers to hold onto when the
world around them is shaking violently. I believe that the Bible is
inspired by God and without error, no matter the translation that God
puts in your hands or the language it's in... I believe he will put a
version of the Bible (or a passage from one) in your hands that will
guard the Truth that he wants you to live out. As to the other matter
of violence...
Violence is to be avoided, sometimes with
loss and with the need to suffer sacrifice. But there is a measure of
necessary violence imo. Otherwise, why do we have police and army and
other measures of defense in society. It keeps order and safety.
Otherwise you end up with movements of ethnic cleansing that we see in
history and currently around the world. People with no way to meet
violence with violence to defend themselves, their children are
becoming victims and orphans and being tortured right now while
self-proclaimed peace keepers sit in posh surroundings and discuss
sunshine and puppies.
It's happening today... children are
being raped and murdered while ur typing ur response to this post...
Convert to Islam or die *period* Convert to Buddhism or die *period*
Both are realities today... and in the past during the crusades,
Convert to Christianity or die *period*
It took violence
meeting violence to stop injustice and the slaughter of the innocent.
Not without attempts at diplomacy... but when all reasonable appeals
were rejected and bodies were laying in the streets... good people had
to take up arms to stop the violence.
I will not hold
someone's hat while they rape my daughter, christian or not christian.
I will not let a rapist sleep in her room to protect his rights in the
name of keeping peace instead of providing a safe place for her and
guarding the door. And I don't think God frowns on me picking up and
using whatever I need to to stop someone from committing violence
against my child. It's not my decision or desire to harm them -- they
made the decision to risk their own life when they decided to bazooka
my door down and attack my daughter's life.
Some men don't have sex and I respect their commitment.
Some men won't pull the trigger on a gun and I respect their
commitment, but I wouldn't want them as a husband or running anything
that guards what I hold precious.
And I don't think God calls me a sinner for that.
What's important to you? Are you driven by selfishness or by justice
coupled with mercy? God judges the motives of the heart. He THREW
tables over in the temple and made his own weapon to drive people out
of the temple because he was zealous about what was important to him.
Yet, he died on a cross and refused to call a legion of angels down
upon people that sinned against him.
Violence is not the
answer, it is to be avoided when possible, but it will be a part of
reality for the saved and the unsaved as long as this cursed world
continues. This is not paradise. One day it will be... but for now we
live in a war zone and it will never be a pretty place.
