Hmmm....sometimes I wonder, when are
people going to learn?
Yes – people → We're talking about
you!
I see so many posts about “sheeple”
and stuff on facebook and twitter that it's getting embarrassing.
Then again – people are getting
exactly what they want. Yes, people → the stuff going on in the
world is exactly what you want.
Now – perhaps it's not quite that
simple, BUT perhaps it is, BUT I know that people are stating they
don't want war – yet war goes around and how is that your fault,
right? Well it comes down to a few basic moral things:
- we as a people, don't love our neighbours as ourselves
- we have a love for money
- we want a government to protect us
Now – I'm not going to push religion
down your throat today on what you “have to do” and what you
“don't have to do” - that's not how I roll. I'll provide
suggestions, but at the end of it – it's your decision on what you
want to do.
I say we don't love our neighbours as
ourselves – because while you're reading this from your Computer,
or Laptop, or Tablet, or Smartphone, or iPod, or eReader or whatever
other device you may have – you have neighbours in other countries
who are starving and lacking nutrients.
Do you really need that stuff? How can
we say we love our neighbours as ourselves, yet we have war going on
in many countries.
Well, again how is the war your fault,
right?
I Timothy 6:10 For
the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted
after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through
with many sorrows.
Let's see – we're in a country(Canada
or USA) that's deemed “richer” than poorer countries, so we have
to protect what we have right. We go to work everyday. We invest
our money to make more money in things such as stocks, bonds, Bank
accounts, whatever else you can think of. You don't go to work
everyday because you love going do you? You go to work so you can
get some money.
The thing is – what do you do with
this money? Do you give to the poor? Do you give to your neighbour?
Do you give to others? Most likely you don't because you feel
you've worked too hard for this money that you're not going to give
it away, right?
Now of course, we have to protect our
money right? So we put it in banks where it can be protected, right?
Matthew 6:19-21 ¶
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust
doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20
But
lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21
For
where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
I
didn't know that a bank account was considered “Heaven”.
Especially when people complain about banks all the time. You can
say what you want, BUT Jesus did warn people of banks and stuff.
Again
– what does this have to do with me sending people to war?
Everytime
– I talk about “no government” - people defend our need of a
government. The Government protects us, the Government provides us
all these services: Health Care, Education, Protection, Roads,
Highways/Freeways, etc. Is the Government not also keeping the banks
“honest”?
So
if you need a government – is it not your government who's sending
people to war – even when you think we shouldn't be going to war?
Too bad – you want them, now you got them.
This
too is a story all too well known.
You
see – I don't see the need for a government, but that's because I
already have a King.
The
old nation of Israel had this scenario once upon a time. They
could've served their King → God. Here's how the story goes:
I
Samuel 8:6-22
But
when they said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased
Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord.
7 And the
Lord
told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is
not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king.
8 As they
have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day,
forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. 9
Now listen to them; but warn them
solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them
will claim as his rights.”10 Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king. 11 He said, “This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots. 12 Some he will assign to be commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. 13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. 14 He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants. 15 He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants. 16 Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle[c] and donkeys he will take for his own use. 17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. 18 When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”
19 But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us.20 Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”
21 When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the Lord. 22 The Lord answered, “Listen to them and give them a king.”
You
see – there wasn't always a king over the nation of Israel – the
people wanted one, eventhough God warned them of what would happen.
Who
brought slavery upon Israel long after Egypt? Israel.
Who
brought the problems upon ourselves? We did – requesting a
Government to rule over us.
