Church and Armed Security - How sad
I was reading some articles on MSNBC about how a shooter entered a mega-church, shot some people (which is very sad) and was gunned down by armed security - in a church. You can read some articles here:
Unarmed worshiper confronted church shooter
Churches beef up security
Now, I’m a Christian, avid church goer and all that jazz - but it makes me really sad that churches are being forced (for security) to have people in their congregation with weapons, badges and so on to protect the congregation. Does this make anyone else sick?
I guess the words of Christ in Matthew 24:9 ring true, “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.” Obviously the context is different because it talks about being put to death, probably from a government or a ruling power - but the idea is the same. You’ll be hated and killed because of what you believe. Whether it be Christian or Muslim or Jewish … you can (and will be) killed because you believe what others don’t.
It’s still hard to believe that this happens - and is happening.
