Moving on in Luke 12:11, Jesus tells us that when we as Christians are brought before the courts and the powers that be, that we are to allow the Holy Spirit to do the talking. I guess that means that we should remain silent and let the Holy Spirit speak to us and to tell us what to say.
During a lunch yesterday with a business associate that I had just met. We discussed many things regarding the business we are going to do and after lunch we engaged in general conversation that covered politics and culture. In that conversation, remarks about evangelical Christians and how they had a negative effect on the political scene and current election process.
I never felt threatened by her comments and I could tell that this nice lady wouldn’t do anything to harm me or my family, if she knew I was one of those very people that he was speaking about. I sensed that she was frustrated by a group of people who she considered divisive and judgmental. I ascertained those impressions because of her comments made throughout the conversation.
Just conversation, right? I believe that she was and is empowered to say these things publicly because of the political vitriol that is rampant in American politics today. Like no other time in history are Christians being set up for social and legal backlash.
I went a website of an organization known as the National Alliance Against Christian Discrimination, located at http://naacd.com/index.htm on the web. This website listed sixteen different organizations that they consider to be anti Christian. I think that if you go to their web sites and read what they are about, you may agree with them, at least on some of them. I encourage people of faith to investigate for themselves and instead of writing a synopsis on each group, I encourage you to see for yourselves as I have included the group’s official website address.
They are as follows:
American Atheists
Home: http://www.atheists.org/
American Civil Liberties Union
Home: http://aclu.org
American Humanist Association
Home: http://www.americanhumanist.org/
American Library Association
Home: http://www.ala.org
Americans United for the Separation of Church and State
Home: http://au.org
Anti-Defamation League
Home: http://www.adl.org
Freedom From Religion Foundation (Freethinkers)
Home: http://www.infidels.org/index.shtml
Gays and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
Home :http://www.glaad.org
Human Rights Campaign
Home: http://www.hrc.org/
The Interfaith Alliance
Home: http://www.tialliance.org
National Abortion and Reproductive Rights League (NARAL)
Home: http://www.naral.org/index2.asp
National Education Association
Home: http://www.nea.org
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Home: http://www.ngltf.org
National Organization for Women (NOW)
Home: http://www.now.org
People for the American Way
Home: http://pfaw.org
Planned Parenthood
Home : http://www.plannedparenthood.org
In Luke 12:11-12, Jesus doesn’t tell us to listen to the Holy Spirit if we get hauled in, He tells us that this is inevitable and to be prepared for it. When it happens we have to pay attention, and listen for the voice of the Holy Spirit.
To outsiders, this may look like a negative view of the future. Many Christian churches teach that this has already happened in church history and that Christ was speaking to early believers. To the evangelical, bible believing Christian like me, we believe that this act of oppression will be necessary before Jesus comes back to claim His church.
In John 12:24, Jesus tells us, that in order for a seed to bring forth much fruit, it is a law of nature that the seed must fall to the ground and die. There are two things in this world that get better by stepping on them, a Persian rug and Christ’s church.
Bring it world.
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