Senseless Violence

(Gen 6:11) The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

We cannot escape it…we must come to that understanding quickly. Violence is everywhere. As in the days of Noah, so are they now just prior to the return of the Lord Jesus Christ.
But I was especially upset after reading a news website article which spoke of a woman who was beaten by a group of middle-school aged children. The article spoke of it being a “hate crime” and a possible “race crime”. The women happened to be white and the children black. (African American if you’re that sensitive) Quite frankly, it doesn’t matter if this was a race crime or not. Sorry, doesn’t matter!
These were (according to the article) 14-15 year old students.

My first thought: At 14 or 15 shouldn’t you be in high school? Hey kids, spend more time in the books and less time practicing violence on your video game systems and when you are 15 you will be in High School, not Middle School.

My second thought: White, Black, Yellow, Purple or Plaid…who cares! This is still a crime of hate. How can someone have so much hate and violence inside so as to attack a defenseless woman who was simply looking for a seat on the bus? By the way, this is how the fight began. She wanted a seat; they said no. She moved and tried another seat; they said no. Finally she just found a seat and sat down; they beat her so badly that she had four broken bones in her eye socket.

My third thought: (This is the one where I’m going to likely lose you) What do you think should happen to these “children”? Should they be suspended from school? Should they be sent to prison? Perhaps they need a hug and someone to tell them that they are loved. Wait a minute; they need a good boost of self esteem, don’t they? Rubbish! What do you suppose would have happened to them had they liven under the Mosaic Law?

(Deu 21:18-23) If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: (19) Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; (20) And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. (21) And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear. (22) And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: (23) His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

So we’re not under the Mosaic Law anymore, right? No we are not. But here’s a thought: Do you think these boys and girls (there were a couple of girls involved in the beating as well) have any fear of punishment? What will they get? I can tell you what punishment they have received thus far: they cannot use the bus. Now there’s a punishment that fits the crime.
Do you suppose these children would have lifted a hand against this girl if they feared being beaten within an inch of their lives as a form of punishment? How about if they knew they would be put to death for beating the woman? Would they have dared do anything so stupid? Not likely.
Now before you run away thinking that I would like these children to be put to death, think again. First and foremost, these children need to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ. They need to understand that there is a God in heaven keeping tabs on everything they do. They need to understand that entering eternity without having their sins forgiven means an eternity in the lake of fire. They need to know that punishment is real…and eternal.
We live in a day and age in which God has been removed from nearly all of the minds of today’s youth. They have been taught that they are animals in evolution’s chance and act as such. They do not need to be coddled. They do not need a boost of self-esteem. They do not need to go through a system.

THEY NEED JESUS CHRIST!!!

Will someone please step forward and be willing to share the gospel with a lost world?

SOMEONE…ANYONE?!

More tracts, less violence.
More witnesses, less violence.
More Jesus, less violence.
Get it?

Any takers?

(Mar 16:15) And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Yes, even the violent ones.