A gun has no mind of its own or emotions, no hands to aim or finger to pull a trigger. It is an inanimate object that does not move by itself. Unless a person with a mind, hands and finger choose to use as a weapon to harm someone else. A person without moral convictions to control their mind, hands, and fingers. A person whose heart has been deceived by a world that disavows the existence of God. Whose fundamental teaching is the lie of atheistic evolution that there are no differences between people and animals. That there is no soul of man nor responsibility to God. So why are we surprised when people kill people with inanimate guns, when anger, rage and jealousy control their hearts. We are only animals. Life ends at death. There is no God to answer to, no heaven or hell, no eternal consequence for one’s actions.
We have had guns for hundreds of years. However, it is the lack of Godly morality that they have been responsible for mass killings in the past (Adolf Hitler [World War 2], Joseph Stalin [Russia], Mao Zedong [China]). As Godly morality drains from the coffers of American hearts the rate of violent acts has increased. Since Columbine (1999) there have been more than 300 school shootings. People killing people because the love of God has vanished, and the respect for people is gone. The Judeo-Christian ethic, once the basis for American morality, has become almost extinct from the culture. Individualism has taken root and one’s own selfish and prideful desires are intrenched in the heart.
Do not be deceived there is a Creator God who made the universe and everything in it, including you. Therefore, you are ultimately responsible to God and must answer to Him at an appointed time. You are not grown-up pond scum from some evolutionary process through millions of years. You were designed and made by Him for His designed purpose. Therefore, you are loved by Him, and He desires for you to come to him. He has given you His Word the Bible so that you may know Him.
God created mankind as perfect and placed them into a beautifully created world with full communion between him and his Creator. However, the first man Adam disobeyed God and brought a curse on himself and the world. God drove Adam and his wife Eve out of His presence and the communion and fellowship was broken. The cost of the disobedience was death. In the process of time Adam died but the curse has been passed to Adams descendants. You and me. This is why evil is in the world because man rebelled against God.
God still loves mankind despite his disobedience and sin. So, God provided a means to restore the broken communion and fellowship. God the Father sent His Son Jesus Christ into the world to be born of a woman and live as a man. Jesus lived a perfect life of love and compassion but was rejected by the religious rulers because He did not fit their preconceived and prideful standards. They delivered Him to be crucified and killed on a cross. But this was God’s design to pay the penalty for the sin and disobedience that started with Adam and continued through all mankind. Everyone deserves this death, but God provided a way to pay the debt that we owe, through the death of Jesus on the cross.
But this is not the whole story. Jesus did not stay dead. He rose from the dead on the first Easter showing His victory over death. He is not a dead savior but a living one who freely offers the forgiveness of sins and cleansing of the curse from our hearts.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Romans 2:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 10:9 If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
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