Daily Archives: October 10, 2011

Attack!

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German Shephrd with Muzzle

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We put a muzzle on a dog because we don’t want it to bite anyone.  But no one muzzles an attack dog while that dog is suppose to protect his property.  The dog is loosed within the confines of the owner’s property able to do all it can to defend its charge.

The world is busy fitting a muzzle on the message of God.  They’ve been trying to construct the thing out of materials and resources which present themselves to man’s hand and imagination.  And, this trying has been going on since the fall of Adam.  They have not succeeded.  This is to their shame; a personal disgrace which man alone is responsible.   Frankly, you should feel horrible when you look in the mirror and consider that you are no closer to crushing God’s people than you were 6,000 years ago.  Tisk Tisk (shaking my finger with a scowl)!  Shame on you.  Look how you let yourself down!  Look how futile your arms are to accomplish the desires of your brothers!  Sloth!

Their failure is due to one simple fact.  The Gospel is not within reach of the hand or imagination of man.  This is why, when after doing damage to God’s people in one place, it crops up in another.  The “Dog” of God is still on the loose.  And the world is confined in a place reserved for attack.  God protects what is His own.  And no man will ever touch it, that he should it damage. 

One more item of consideration.  For now the attack of God is muzzled.  But there is a day coming in which the muzzle comes off.  Something to ponder.

By His Grace.

Pope denounces “inhuman” mafia in southern Italy

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Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome

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The folly of man will be evident until the return of our Lord.  Man will increase in wickedness and folly as the day approaches.  And I see signs of this increase of decrease every day I am allowed to remain on this earth.

I saw this headline in the AP this morning:  “Pope denounces “inhuman” mafia in southern Italy”.  I will not read the article.  There is no need to read the details.  But I sense a need to respond.

What, exactly is the difference between the Catholic Church leaders and the Italian mafia?  I will speak of the mafia first.  They have gained their power over men by violence.  They amass to themselves riches because of this violence.  They protect what they have stolen by remaining hidden from the general public.  They have placed a structure of obedience to their unholy organization which requires full obedience to their code of thieves.  They cannot rely on God to protect them from harm, so they turn to guns, walls, secrecy, and a claim to human power.  If left unchecked, they would create a city for their center of power.  They would secret away every item of value in the world to a place within that city where only the elite would be allowed to visit them.  They would subject every man, woman, and child to hideous poverty.  While they would enjoy an unheard of opulence. 

Jesus obeyed His Father’s will.  He did not desire to be protected from harm.  He even gladly accepted the humiliation of death on a cross.  He told His disciples that He was to be turned over to the power of evil and hung to die on a cross.  And while He taught them these things, He remained in humble circumstances.  He lived among the people every day of His Glorious life.  He owned nothing.  Even His clothing was divided among His enemies.  Though He visited the fortified city of Jerusalem, He did not live behind those walls.

How are the Catholic church’s leaders like Christ my Lord?  I will say no more.

By His Grace.