Acts of Terror

Another attack on innocent people by a handful of haters. Acts of terrorism are the result of an inward rage directed outward upon the rest of humanity. They are miserable people who want others to suffer as much as they do. Many are deceived into believing that they will receive an eternal reward for killing those who do not agree with their doctrines. Jesus said in the last days there would be those who will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. The world is a violent place and will continue to be until the Prince of Peace Himself, Jesus Christ, comes back for the final time to eradicate sin; the root of all hate. Satan hates God and all of us because we are made in His image. Satan would like nothing more than to wipe out every human being in order to get rid of Gods image. Even the ones who commit the horrible acts are made in the image of God but Satan has turned them against themselves to the point that they commit suicide in order to get rid of the hate and rage that plagues their hearts. He convinces them that they will have an eternal reward if they kill the rest of us.

What do we do? How do we guard against it? We cannot. We cannot see what is in the heart of another. There are no scanners that can pick up on deranged minds that have been altered by a seared conscious stemming from a heart full of hate possessed by Satan. The only heart we can really know is our own. Jesus said that murder starts in the heart. The heart being of course the inner man. The only way to prevent such acts of terror is to change the hearts of those in whom it exists. No military on earth can do that. You and I have only one option to protect ourselves from these haters; Jesus. As His child I am safe and secure in this unsafe and insecure world. Jesus says do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Spiritual death should frighten us more than physical death. This body I inhabit will one day be changed anyway. It will either decay in the grave or be changed at the rapture of the church. A terrorist bomb or bullet cannot kill me, just this body. I do not know about you but that gives me comfort when I sit in restaurants, theaters, or church. Jesus is able to keep me from the terror of death because He overcame it. The Bible teaches that we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

For the families left behind in Paris my prayer for them is that they will take measures to protect themselves from terrorists; by being born again into Christ. I also pray that the Holy Spirit will comfort their grieving hearts. For the rest of you, put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.