Right off the bat. My last post was not very well thought out. I was shooting from the hip. My main point didn’t come across very well, and was at least detracted from by they way I staged it.
The main point of my last post: Obvious social injustices have been, and are being swept under the rug.
The way I staged it, and the title “Who freakin cares about tortured terrorists” showed immaturity and hurt what I was trying to say in the first place. An over-reactions to a problem just creates other problems.
So know that I do not support torture. But justice should be served. It’s a hard line to draw, right? I mean, if justice was truly served all the time we would all be in deep. Nobody would get out of speeding tickets, or any traffic violations at all. Anyone who has stolen [shared] music, games, or applications off the internet would be facing hefty fines and prison time. And all these are just surface level crimes. Take it further – what about sin? What about a Holy God? Those two don’t go well together at all!
It’s hard to image God being perfectly just, and offering grace freely to all who believe. At first glance it doesn’t make any sense. Grace and justice are polar opposites! How would God be true to His nature and still allow us to be forgiven? He wouldn’t be – except for Christ! Thankfully God does not deal with us only in terms of justice, but also with mercy.
God “justifies the ungodly” (Romans 4:5) through Christ’s life and death! His wrath was poured out on, and his justice satisfied through Christ. Salvation is a result of both mercy, and justice!
In conclusion – while God has allowed the government authority to judge and sentance for time being, we are called to pray for our enemies, and feed them if thety are hungry. It’s often hard to swallow, but none the less true. There could be a lot more said about our role, the government’s role and how things should be, but for now I’ll stop here.