THE BIG “DUH”

For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of that authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same; for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword in vain, for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil.    Romans 13:3-4

​When I was a chaplain for the sheriff’s department, I used to enjoy riding with the deputies during their shift. Almost every one of them asked me, “If I ever had to use my weapon, what would God say if I killed someone?” To which I would answer with the above verses, which I feel are self-explanatory: if you don’t want to have to fear law enforcement, then just don’t do anything stupid, and they will be your friends. But, if you go around breaking the law, then you’d better watch out for that pistol that the Lord gave him permission to carry and use! Like, duh, is that too complicated?

​How much better the world would be, if people would just read and abide by the simple truths of God’s Word. But, no, men have to go around in violent protests, even attempting to kill God’s ministers of law enforcement, and then they complain to high heaven (or somewhere else) when law enforcement does what it is supposed to do, and stops the lawbreakers.

​It is no surprise that the hallmark of the last days will be lawlessness (1 John 3:4), and that the antichrist is the “man of lawlessness” (2 Thessalonians 2:3-10); he is well on his way to taking the world over.

Davy L. Troxel