Righteous Indignation....

There is a lot on my mind as write this post. Things going on in my life, and many things going on around the world. I intended to write a post about a theme that was presented yesterday at the morning and evening services at my congregation. But suddenly that seems almost secondary. I am indignant. In this immoral and corrupt world, I am SICK of hearing the words, "Tolerance" and "Diversity", when the people that are so insistent on this thinking are anything but tolerant. I don't want to write a post about that, rather I want to write about Righteous Indignation. Because the righteous should surely be indignant by what is occurring in our world.

What is righteous indignation? I think it is best described in the Bible when Jesus went to the temple, found the greedy money changers, made a whip of cords (John 2:15), and drove them out. Overturning tables, and pouring out the money. That would definitely create quite a scene. On one hand, Jesus would call the little children to come unto Him, and tell His disciples to be as meek and trusting as they were. Then on the other hand, when He saw people taking advantage of others, in what was intended to be service to His Father, he became VERY angry.  

Ephesians 4:26 states, "Be angry and do not sin....." so clearly, there are reasons for us to get angry, and not be sinning. When wicked men do things that are blatantly against God's Word, we SHOULD get angry. What makes God angry and sad, should also make us angry and sad if we are God's children. What God hates, we should hate.

What does God hate? Proverbs 6:16-19, " These six things the LORD hates, Yes, Seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look, a lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood, A heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift in running to evil. A false witness who speaks lies, and one who sows discord among brethren."

Proverbs 6:12-15 describes a wicked man, " A worthless person, a wicked man, Walks with a perverse mouth; He winks with his eyes, He shuffles his feet, He points with his fingers; Perversity is in his heart, he devises evil continually, He sows discord. Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy."

The things wicked men do should upset us. Upset us enough that we do something about it. I recently had the thought that the darker the world gets, the brighter our lights will shine. We are meant to be lights on a hill in all this darkness. Darkness is definitely everywhere. What can you do? "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is that good men should do nothing." --Edmund Burke.  What will you do?