Last night I was talking to a good friend about our
different points of politics which as it turned out was not that different on
the subject of firearms. While my view is that men should be able to arm
themselves with what they see fit and the government be damned, his view was
that of arm yourself for defense only and military weapons should not be in the
hands of civilians. The common thing was that we both believe in a armed
citizenry. Now the Lord at that time after the conversation brought to mind
that there was some parallel to the things that the Jews requested in times of
the kings and that was more knowledge than they were prepared to understand let
alone use. My friend made a strong point that it was important to know how to
use a fire arm and what it was capable. He noted that most people are not aware
of the power of military grade weapons and that it should not be given to them.
At that time I was thinking of the power and knowledge that the Jews received.
It overwhelmed them and caused their fall. Would I be overtaken by my lack of
preparedness if I were to use something outside of my understanding to defend
myself, say an AR15 like the deep doctrine of the kingdom. Would I be easily beguiled
by Satan as a thief in the night?
Children are given a limited understanding of the gospel
because to overwhelm them is damning. The Lord gives us power according to our
understanding of the gospel and what has been given line upon line. We do not
quickly give a shot gun to a child who doesn’t know the power of BBs. Those
that would quickly assume that TV, radio and the internet will educate our
children in the gospel as well as it has done about fire arms are bound to see
children hurt spiritually or physically.
Our responsibility is to shelter first, educate second and
then show through limited experience the emblems f the gospel like we do
firearms. The gospel is a powerful
thing. It changes lives, hearts, enriches lives and brings us all closer to the
Lord Jesus Christ. We know that this can be also damning but with a careful
course, it is the most enriching experience. Why wouldn’t we expand the gospel
to the world? If we do it right and allow the Lord to be our teacher and guide
it has no limits. We want to insure though that we take the steps that we were
taught much like the steps of using a gun, safety, education and limited use
under the direction of a teacher so that we are duly prepared.
May we all find strength in the gospel, may we teach by
example and may we bring others closer to Christ.
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