Monday, July 10, 2006
Christian Email Forwards
Recently I received a couple email forwards from a couple of my family members in Christ. In these forwards, it referred to the death of our service men and women as dying for our freedoms the same way Christ died for our freedom. One such post asked by a mother why her son had to die in several of the wars over time that our nation has been in, including the war in Iraq. I took offence with this reference that they all died for our freedoms in the same way as our Lord and Savior.
Our service men and women that have died though out our history had died for our nation, many to protect our freedoms here at home. WW1 and 2 were such wars.
The Iraq war isn't a war to protect our freedoms and has nothing to do with 9-11 or going after terrorist's or terrorism. It was a hole other agenda by our president and his administration.
Don't take me wrong, I'm not belittling our service men in Iraq, I have a son who has served there and could possibly go back at some point. I'm not belittling the men and women who have died in Iraq, they served their country with honor, it is just to bad we can't say the same thing about our leaders in D.C.
As I watched TV last night late, a show about our independence was on, and a young boy who had seen his father killed by the British came home to his mother, and was set for dinner in his fathers chair at the head of the table. It was his fathers responsibility to say grace for the meal. When he did so, he ended it with the Lord's prayer. As he got to Forgive us for our trespasses as we forgive those that trespass against us, a play on the verse that follows the Lord's prayer in Matt.
Mat 6:14-15 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
The young man paused for a moment and said there wasn't much forgiveness done today, and he said that his father had always taught him not to ask for God's blessing on killing or fighting. Not an exact quote. But he asked God to grant them the right to defend themselves.
Today not a lot of forgiveness has been done. We have the right to defend our selves, but we are not defending ourselves in Iraq. We haven't even created a stable Iraq. I could say more on the Iraq war but that is for another day.
Lastly Christ didn't die to protect our freedoms, he died to give us freedom. He gave us a freedom we could never get by the deaths of our service men and women. He died for all mankind not just those in our nation. He didn't die to give man peace or freedom in this world.
In Christ's own word, Mat 10:34"Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I did not come to send peace, but a sword."
Blessings,
Rev. Charles
Our service men and women that have died though out our history had died for our nation, many to protect our freedoms here at home. WW1 and 2 were such wars.
The Iraq war isn't a war to protect our freedoms and has nothing to do with 9-11 or going after terrorist's or terrorism. It was a hole other agenda by our president and his administration.
Don't take me wrong, I'm not belittling our service men in Iraq, I have a son who has served there and could possibly go back at some point. I'm not belittling the men and women who have died in Iraq, they served their country with honor, it is just to bad we can't say the same thing about our leaders in D.C.
As I watched TV last night late, a show about our independence was on, and a young boy who had seen his father killed by the British came home to his mother, and was set for dinner in his fathers chair at the head of the table. It was his fathers responsibility to say grace for the meal. When he did so, he ended it with the Lord's prayer. As he got to Forgive us for our trespasses as we forgive those that trespass against us, a play on the verse that follows the Lord's prayer in Matt.
Mat 6:14-15 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
The young man paused for a moment and said there wasn't much forgiveness done today, and he said that his father had always taught him not to ask for God's blessing on killing or fighting. Not an exact quote. But he asked God to grant them the right to defend themselves.
Today not a lot of forgiveness has been done. We have the right to defend our selves, but we are not defending ourselves in Iraq. We haven't even created a stable Iraq. I could say more on the Iraq war but that is for another day.
Lastly Christ didn't die to protect our freedoms, he died to give us freedom. He gave us a freedom we could never get by the deaths of our service men and women. He died for all mankind not just those in our nation. He didn't die to give man peace or freedom in this world.
In Christ's own word, Mat 10:34"Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I did not come to send peace, but a sword."
Blessings,
Rev. Charles
