I heard this morning about six men who were planning to kill soldiers at Fort Dix in Philidelphia. These men claimed: "In the end, when it comes to defending your religion, when someone ... attacks your religion, your way of life, then you go jihad." Is this really true? Is everyone who is "attacked" because of their religion supposed to go "jihad"? Just to make this clear: only the true church of Jesus Christ is truly persecuted. This man is of the world. The scriptures are clear about the distinction between the world and believers: "18If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.
19If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.
"(John 15).
The terrorist later states: "It doesn't matter to me whether I get locked up, arrested or get taken away," another defendant, Serdar Tatar, was alleged to have said. "Or I die, it doesn't matter. I'm doing it in the name of Allah."
How sad this truly is. There is no other god named "allah". Allah is some imaginary god made up just to help these men suppress the truth in unrighteousness.
18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
19because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them.
20For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.
21For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22Professing to be wise, they became fools,
23and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.(Romans 1)
Not only are these men suppressing the truth in their own unrighteousness, but they also follow a false god, claiming that they are doing these attacks for the god. This furthers the suppression of the truth. These men are ignorant fools who hate the God of the bible, the true living God.
There is no other God:
10b "Before Me there was no God formed,
And there will be none after Me.
11"I, even I, am the LORD,
And there is no savior besides Me.
12"It is I who have declared and saved and proclaimed,
And there was no strange god among you;
So you are My witnesses," declares the LORD,
"And I am God.
13"Even from eternity I am He,"(isaiah 43).
Here is the rest of the story.
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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Interesting and sad story. Stories like this leave me with no doubt that men are depraved and do not seek after God. It'd be a frightening day if people from every religion did their own personal "jihad" on their supposed "attackers". I enjoyed your reponse, and the scriptures you gave are completely relevant for this situation. However, do you think you could elaborate more on the scriptures you gave in their application to what happened here?
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