Violence on this earth is nothing new. Adam and Eve had a
son, Cain, who was a violent man. We are told in Genesis 4:8 that Cain slew his
brother Abel. That’s pretty violent stuff. In Genesis 6:11, we
read, “The earth also was corrupt before
God, and the earth was filled with violence.” Again we read in
Genesis 6:13, “…the earth is filled with
violence.”
Today we experience violence in our schools with innocent children
being killed with firearms. Other acts of violence take place with bombs, and
still others with trucks running over people. But the question is why?
Why are people violent? Is it because they are mentally ill as the
news media would have us think?
As you study the word “violence” in the Bible, you constantly run
across the word “wicked” or “wickedness.” It seems to be a constant
association between the wicked man and violence. Indeed, it is almost
always a man’s wickedness that causes him to be violent.
Psalm 11:5— “The LORD trieth
the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence
his soul hateth.”
Psalm 58:2— “Yea, in heart
ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the
earth.”
Proverbs 4:17— “For they eat
the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.”
Proverbs 10:11— “The mouth
of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the
mouth of the wicked.”
So if wickedness is a root of violence, what then is wickedness?
The word means “to commit acts of injustice because of your misery and
unhappiness.” It appears as though those who commit acts of violence do
so because they want you to experience the same misery and unhappiness that
they are experiencing.
If that is the case, then we can ban guns from the face of the
earth, but that will never stop the violent from their violence. They
will find a way to inflict injustice upon others so they too can feel the
misery and unhappiness that the violent person feels. How sad!
So—what is the answer? Since violence has always been on the
earth, we are not likely to stop it. Making laws to do away with certain
guns does not work.
✞ Be safe in the arms of God.
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