Field Report for Fort Wayne, Indiana, 11-26-2010
Hey, Doomed america: It Sure Takes a Lot
of Courage To Join A Mob
We were promised a counter demonstration of at least 1000 people. When it was all said and done, there were only around 50 or 60. The international media has, for the last several weeks, been rousing the rabble by saying that there is a national movement for large, unlawful mobs to gather and run WBC out of town. Yes. You have been “running WBC out of town” for the last 20 years. You see how much that has slowed us down. It’s kind of like how you ran the Lord Jesus out of town: “And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.” (Lu 4:29) And Stephen: “And cast [him] out of the city, and stoned [him]: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.” (Ac 7:58). And the Apostle Paul: “And there came thither [certain] Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew [him] out of the city, supposing he had been dead.” (Ac 14:19). What good company you brave stalwarts are in – it sure takes a lot of courage to join a mob. J The problem for you is that the preachers of God keep coming back, and will continue until their testimony is complete.
Nothing makes you people more full of rage than hearing that you have angered a sovereign God by your sins. Really, the very idea that there even is a sovereign God enrages you. You can’t stand the fact that there is a God in heaven who says this: “See now that I, [even] I, [am] he, and [there is] no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither [is there any] that can deliver out of my hand. For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; [and that] with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. Rejoice, O ye nations, [with] his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, [and] to his people.” (De 32:39-43). Get over it. God killed the Ranger. It wasn’t a blessing; it was a curse. All your foot stamping, violent hissy fits won’t change that.
Our little counter demonstrators in Fort Wayne did not hesitate to admit that they worship and serve the creature more than the Creator (Romans 1:25). Their god is the u.s. military. (“God didn’t give you the right to preach; our soldiers did!!”) Their idol is the flag. (“You’re damn right this flag is my idol!!”) Did I mention that they sandwiched their blasphemies in between a butchering of “Amazing Grace” and “Jesus loves me?” Yikes. And you can bet your bottom dollar that they can quote the pledge of allegiance and know all the words to “Star Spangled Banner” (at least most of the words). Too bad they don’t give the same respect to God and His Word. If they gave even a fraction of that respect to God, this nation wouldn’t be looking imminent destruction in the face.
Now I don’t know why our 1000 counter demonstrators didn’t materialize. Maybe it was too cold. Maybe they were too busy trampling people at Wal-mart because they heard that there was a 9 cent discount on a WWJD coaster set (only one per customer, please). Maybe they were trying to recover from their gluttony on Thanksgiving. What I do know is this: whether it is 1000, or 60, or 310 million, “Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.” (Pr 11:21). And, I can guarantee you that there is not a valiant man among them: “Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they [be] all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.” (Jer 9:1-3)