Today I met someone who is truly shackled and burdened. I won’t go into the details, but this soul is distraught with no hope. It is sad to see someone like that…not because of their state (though it is sad), but because they need not be a prisoner. Jesus Christ came to set us free and he accomplished that task if we would only accept and believe that freedom is ours. I shared with them for a time, with no success, and when I left them, I would confess I was a bit down. Then, as if God winked at me, on the radio came a song by the Newsboys, I Am Free. I wanted to go back and sing it for them! However realizing that might just drive them to dispair, I did not. I will though print the lyrics here, perhaps you need to hear it too:
Through you the blind will see; Through you the mute will sing; Through you the dead will rise; Through you all hearts will praise; Through you the darkness flees; Through you my heart screams "I am free!"
I am free to run; I am free to dance; I am free to live for you; I am free!
Through you the kingdom comes; Through you the battle's won; Through you the price is paid; Through you I'm not afraid; Through you there's victory; Because of you my soul sings "I am free!"
It is true; with Jesus Christ we are free.
It is true; with Jesus Christ we are free.
2 comments:
It's true, we are free. Now, we just need to act like it! But somehow we let the things of this world bog us down. What is it Paul says? - we need to be transformed.
ps - did you noticed I changed my name? I finally realized it's all in the attitude - you can either
'try' or 'do'. I've decided to 'do'.
AMERICAN BARBARISM
"Dear is in the eyes of the Lord's death his saints." (Psalm 116.15)
In recent days, sad news reached the United States and Germany.
In an action of barbarism, a man went to a Baptist church in Marevellous, Illinois, and began firing at the pastor Fred Winters who was preaching in the cult, killing him and wounding two people. The murderer was arrested by the parishioners who were able to reduce it.
Almost a few days later there was another barbarism in Alabama. A man murderer among relatives of 10 people, men, women and children, made a tour of several sites, after being cornered by police, he committed suicide.
But barbarism also transcend borders. In Germany, a couple of 17 years, emulating other suicide Americans entered the armed institute where I studied and killed 13 students among them teachers, in their flight killed two more people, then engage in shootout with police youth suicide was shot in the head.
These facts, which are not the only ones that occur in the United States or Europe, seem to indicate that there is a culture of murder among the people of the northern hemisphere.
On August 12, 2007 in Neosho, Missouri, a man killed a pastor and two worshipers in the cult. There is a history of mass killings of students in Finland in 2008 and Canada in 2006.
Given these facts, the U.S. government, and evangelical churches have done nothing to achieve reverse this situation, which has been happening since long atrás.
I am Christian and express my indignation and my anger against the American evangelical churches that are enclosed in their spiritual bubbles do not realize the harsh reality is happening around them.
How many more must die pastors to the churches just do something to prevent these deaths? How many young students and children have to die to protect the churches decide deranged people?
The Christian life consists not only make social life, and walks. The Christian life is to do something for our society that is crumbling.
Work is not only the state and its institutions to ensure the safety of society, work is also of the church. If that does not understand the American church then they are at the bottom of the sea to fish and evangelicen. Genuine Christians, perhaps in another country, take charge of evangelizing American society.
Why do not intend to make the church a community united in its campaign to disarm the families who have guns?
Why not start with themselves Christians kept their weapons? For a Christian who wants a gun? To remove the evil spirits?
Do not be surprised if this church worsen with the passage of days.
Still time to prevent future massacres.
Do not make the blood of those holy brethren who gave their lives for the church has been spilled in vain
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