Christians! Who needs enemies?

The main focus of attention this week has been the fact that Christians have no need of enemies or people seeking to pull them down when they have enough people willing to do that from within.

If I had a pound for every mention I have had from people about the end of the world happening in May I'd have enough money for a case of Jaffa Cakes (no need to shoplift like the TV 'Rev'). "Ho, Ho, Vicar," They cry, "It's bad enough that your Jesus geezer isn't ever coming back without you having people making things worse by announcing his appearing! Won't come then, won't come ever - a permanent 'no show' your bloke and the prophesies fron nutters will only make more people see that!"

The sad thing is that I can see that they are right about that.

That said, He will come back (at a time no one will predict) and those who sneer, the naysayers and mockers will be wondering what has hits them (and worse still, what will be coming to hit them). Just like the Jehovah's Witnesses and their abortive expected due date, of which there have been sixteen thus far (if I have counted correctly) we're going to look like a bunch of lunatics and sad types if the 'prophets' keep it up!

Moving on. Those amazingly sad types who have prophesied that Japan was God's vengeance because of [insert blinking ridiculous reason here] bring the whole of Christendom into disrepute and also demonstrate that they have no understanding of who God is, or how He acts. To criticise a blatantly flawed, secular nation, because of their wrong actions is not to raise a hand against the Lord's anointed but is to uphold what God calls us to be and to do! To condone evil because of a name is to (once again) subject YHWH and His Son and the Holy Spirit to ridicule.

Staggering forward, we come to those who seek to bleat about the world not being Christian and, as proof of this, look for ways in which we can challenge the ungodly. The problem is that whilst the identification of things contrary to God might be right the manner in which they engage damages the argument and weakens our position as Christians even further. Acting in ways that deny God is something we are called no to do, but why let that stop a good campaign?

So, seems that those opposed to us need do nothing but let those outlined above keep on doing the work for them - after all, they're doing such a good job without any help from those who wish to see us ridiculed, mocked, marginalised and render ineffective.

To indulgine in a modification of the words of St Thumper of Bambi:

"If you can't say anything sensible (and biblical), keep your mouth closed!"