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If you are a Christian in Alabama who feels satisfaction defending the Commandments as a victory for God, remember that pride goeth before the fall! Only one in five Americans approve of the federal court order under which workers removed the Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of Alabama's state judicial building Wednesday, according to a new poll. The defenders of the commandments apparently have won this case, at least in the court of public opinion. Unfortunately, public opinion is seldom consistent with the teachings of Christ. The Ten Commandment monument is actually a graven image and is not to be worshiped according the very Commandments the protesters are defending. These protesters are also violating the teaching of Jesus regarding the hindering of other believers. It would be better for a believer to be tied to a millstone and cast into the sea, than to cause another believer to stumble. The insane rants of many of the protesters turn off many who might be converted, causing believers who are trying to save them to stumble. Thus, the protesters are indeed stumbling blocks and are not helpful, in any way, to the cause of spreading the Gospel! Lastly, the monument is clearly a violation of the separation of Church and State. " Give unto Caesar that which is Caesar's", is the quote from Jesus imploring the faithful to obey the law of Rome and pay the tax levied on them. Christians must obey the law, even if we don't agree with it. |