Speaking up against evil

I made a comment on my Facebook page about fighting the people in our state and nation that are trying to take our Christian freedom away from us. There are those who want to tell us what we, as Christians, are to do and tell us what we cannot say or believe. I find that highly offensive. Tolerance is not a one-way street. If they want me to tolerate them, then I have equal right to insist that they tolerate me.

Someone replied that the call to battle is to show them that Jesus will forgive their sins, and restore them to health. They are not the enemy, they are the victim of Satan's lies. Pray for them, that they would be released from the bondage of sin.

While I agree that Satan is the real enemy, he uses people to carry out his wickedness. At some point, we must speak against the sin that other people are advocating and and stop them from what they are doing to take away our freedom.

This is not some imaginary battle where we sit in our holy place and pretend we will be protected. This is where we get out and engage the world and tell them that we have rights also. We must tell the world, in a loving and kind way that their worldview is destructive, unfulfilling and wrong. We do not get angry or hostile. We do not engage in belittling or putting them down, yelling or calling names, but we do speak up for what the Bible teaches.

What good are we if we are not salt and light to a tasteless and dark world?

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