It’s Christmas week and I will be
nice and peaceful with my comments on the insanity of Christians and their
response to the world around them. That doesn’t mean I won’t tell the truth but
just that I will strive for a peaceful attitude while I do. After all, what is
peace on earth really about?
The United States is at war, again.
In the book 1984, Oceania, of which the Unites States is part, is at war,
a perpetual war that has lasted for thirty years and in which the players keep
changing sides just to keep perpetual wars going on. There is nothing inherently
wrong with America being at war. We have enemies that hate us and as a nation
we have every right to preserve our national safety. We are not a Christian
nation, no nation is, so we are not under any obligation to turn the other cheek
to our enemies. God never calls for any nation to do that.
But there are too many people in
our nation who call themselves Christians who have taken on a national attitude
instead of a Biblical attitude. Nations can declare others to be their enemies.
That is a national position. Christians are not to name others as their
enemies. That is a Biblical position. Jesus said to His followers, “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that
hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.”
Whipping ourselves into a frenzy of hatred toward other
people is the exact opposite of what Jesus called us to do. He also said, “Blessed be the peacemakers”. Politicians
are not God, thank goodness, and Christians should not let political leaders,
or wanna’ be political leaders, incite them to act or think contrary to what
Jesus said. The Christmas angels sang, “Peace
on earth, good will toward men.” The Christian community should try it.
Merry Christmas.
For more thoughts on Christian ethics read my book, "The Christian Citizen in Modern America" available at www.davidccraig.net
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