What can we do? Whenever we hear of another mass shooting, most of us ask, “What can we do?” I have been a longtime member of NRA, so I support our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. But I also know that no rights are absolute. Even our First Amendment right to free speech is not absolute. You cannot, by law, shout, “FIRE!” in a crowded place if there is no fire, for that word may bring harm to the people. All rights have limitations.
However, I am against trying to remove all firearms from the public. Aside from it being impossible, it would only take firearms away from the innocent and put them in the hands of those who would prey upon the innocent. Removing all firearms from citizens would result in more mass murders. Removing some, such as fully automatic weapons of war, makes sense. Machine guns were illegal for a decade or so in the 1990s and should be made so again. No one needs them now except our soldiers.
You see, the problem is not with our firearms, but with our hearts. Most modern Americans have given up their faith and trust in God and now resort only to secular solutions. Since the problem is with our hearts, then we need hearts that are right with God. Those can only come with faith and prayer.
Officially, America has turned its back on God. We are now secularists. We have shut references to God out of public life in the vain and prideful belief that mankind can fix anything. “Anything is possible for us; some things just take longer” is the creed of modern religion. But if that were true, we would have made more headway on our problems. The more knowledge we gain, the less we accomplish against evil in the world.
Jesus said it right. His disciples were frustrated when He said that no one, not even the richest person, could get into the Kingdom by his/her own efforts. They asked, “[If not the rich,] Who, then, can be saved?” Jesus said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”(Matthew 19:25-26)
No solution to mass shootings is possible without God’s intervention, and by God I mean the God of the Bible, the Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. One of our greatest mistakes is to think all “gods” are the same. There is only one who is real.
What then can we do? We can pray, every day, and without reservation. We can urge understanding and caring among those we know are fearful. We should pray every day for our leaders as well as for those in need: the homeless, hungry, unemployed and confused.
Above all, we must trust the Son of God who said, “With God all things are possible.”
However, I am against trying to remove all firearms from the public. Aside from it being impossible, it would only take firearms away from the innocent and put them in the hands of those who would prey upon the innocent. Removing all firearms from citizens would result in more mass murders. Removing some, such as fully automatic weapons of war, makes sense. Machine guns were illegal for a decade or so in the 1990s and should be made so again. No one needs them now except our soldiers.
You see, the problem is not with our firearms, but with our hearts. Most modern Americans have given up their faith and trust in God and now resort only to secular solutions. Since the problem is with our hearts, then we need hearts that are right with God. Those can only come with faith and prayer.
Officially, America has turned its back on God. We are now secularists. We have shut references to God out of public life in the vain and prideful belief that mankind can fix anything. “Anything is possible for us; some things just take longer” is the creed of modern religion. But if that were true, we would have made more headway on our problems. The more knowledge we gain, the less we accomplish against evil in the world.
Jesus said it right. His disciples were frustrated when He said that no one, not even the richest person, could get into the Kingdom by his/her own efforts. They asked, “[If not the rich,] Who, then, can be saved?” Jesus said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”(Matthew 19:25-26)
No solution to mass shootings is possible without God’s intervention, and by God I mean the God of the Bible, the Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. One of our greatest mistakes is to think all “gods” are the same. There is only one who is real.
What then can we do? We can pray, every day, and without reservation. We can urge understanding and caring among those we know are fearful. We should pray every day for our leaders as well as for those in need: the homeless, hungry, unemployed and confused.
Above all, we must trust the Son of God who said, “With God all things are possible.”
Rev. Bob Tasler, www.bobtasler.com
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