Cold blooded killers are on the rise it seems. The killing of the two reporters in Roanoke this past week along with the deputy in Houston has rocked the country. It leaves us wondering what to expect next. These events affect the way we think about society in general and our decisions on who we can trust and where we go. Before this week news reporters that were not in war zones never feared that they would be killed doing a live interview. Police officers who pump gas into their cars now keep a constant lookout. We as citizens are paying closer attention now to our surroundings and we begin to study the people in stores and restaurants. What are we to do? How do we keep from being a target? Everyone is searching for answers. Experts try to analyze what was going on in the minds of those who carried out these acts by evidence recovered after the fact. When we learned of the anger of the man that killed the reporters and then himself, we try to find out what was the final straw that "pushed him over the edge." Allison, Adam, and Deputy Goforth were innocent prey for vicious predators filled with satanic rage and needing to get rid of it.
You may not want to "hear" what I have to say about such actions and you may not want to believe what the root causes are but the Bible is clear on the "whys" of such behavior. We need only to look at the beginnings of the human race to see why we have turned into creatures that are capable of such acts. A perfect man and a perfect woman were created by a perfect God and they lived in a perfect world. That in itself sounds like a fairytale but it is not, it was the humble beginning of "us." Now enter the enemy; the devil. Convincing the woman she could know what God knows he was able to talk her into doing what God had told her, through Adam, not to do. She then talked Adam into doing what he had told her not to do and what God told him not to do. Death was given birth that day. Years later, when they thought God was not going to kill them, death took its toll on their second son. Abel was the first innocent murder victim of the human race. People have been killing people ever since. When sin entered the world, death through sin entered also. Each one of us has the DNA to become a Cain. We think the Cain's of the world differ from us. They don't. The devil is still seeking out Adam's and Eve's and Cain's. He is still convincing people to do what they think they need to do and not what they should or should not do. The innocent who die at the hands of satanic influenced people join a long list of people who have died the same way since Eden. The only "protection" we have is found in Christ. Protection for the Abel's and the Cain's alike is found in Christ. We ask God to guard our hearts and minds and if we allow Him to, He will. We also ask Him to guard us from the Cain's in the world and He has: by sending Jesus to die for our sins so that if sin kills us by way of a Cain we can enter eternal life in heaven by way of Jesus. Just as death came to all men by the disobedience of one man, eternal life has come to all men by the obedience of One man; the man Jesus Christ. Does Jesus live in your heart right now? I hope He does, there are plenty more Cain's out there.
You may not want to "hear" what I have to say about such actions and you may not want to believe what the root causes are but the Bible is clear on the "whys" of such behavior. We need only to look at the beginnings of the human race to see why we have turned into creatures that are capable of such acts. A perfect man and a perfect woman were created by a perfect God and they lived in a perfect world. That in itself sounds like a fairytale but it is not, it was the humble beginning of "us." Now enter the enemy; the devil. Convincing the woman she could know what God knows he was able to talk her into doing what God had told her, through Adam, not to do. She then talked Adam into doing what he had told her not to do and what God told him not to do. Death was given birth that day. Years later, when they thought God was not going to kill them, death took its toll on their second son. Abel was the first innocent murder victim of the human race. People have been killing people ever since. When sin entered the world, death through sin entered also. Each one of us has the DNA to become a Cain. We think the Cain's of the world differ from us. They don't. The devil is still seeking out Adam's and Eve's and Cain's. He is still convincing people to do what they think they need to do and not what they should or should not do. The innocent who die at the hands of satanic influenced people join a long list of people who have died the same way since Eden. The only "protection" we have is found in Christ. Protection for the Abel's and the Cain's alike is found in Christ. We ask God to guard our hearts and minds and if we allow Him to, He will. We also ask Him to guard us from the Cain's in the world and He has: by sending Jesus to die for our sins so that if sin kills us by way of a Cain we can enter eternal life in heaven by way of Jesus. Just as death came to all men by the disobedience of one man, eternal life has come to all men by the obedience of One man; the man Jesus Christ. Does Jesus live in your heart right now? I hope He does, there are plenty more Cain's out there.
