Erick Erickson - Necessary Truths

North Carolina Tentmaker · Oct 22, 2010

There is a very insightful column this morning by Erick Erickson at redstate.

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/10/22/a-few-necessary-truths/

His subject was Juan Williams and the PBS thing. I love the way he wound around to his point. He starts off listing PBS employees, one after another, who said much worse things than Juan did. Then Eric gets to his point, from the link:

The most significant truth is that had Juan Williams made his comments about Christians or Jews he would still have his job. The world is at war with Christ . . .

The secular world hates the real God of the Bible and those who follow Christ. Any group that is not of Christ or allied with Christ is spared by the world because it is of the world. Any group of Christ or allied with Christ is fair game for attack and ridicule.

Christians are aliens in this world and ultimately, on the last day, win. But until then, the world hates them.

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In our political or denominational quarrels I think too many times we lose sight of this. The real war is not between the republicans and the democrats or between the KJV users and the NIV fans. The real war is between the world and Christ, and as Christians we are supposed to be on the same side.

John 15: 18-20 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you;

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