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Remaining Silent in the face of Abuse.

I don't know who said it but for evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing. However I know what proverbs 24 says about those who are indifferent during a time of crisis or trouble, let me quote it to you here, 
if you falter in a time of trouble, (Crisis)
how small is your strength!
11Rescue those being led away to death;
hold back those staggering toward slaughter.
12If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,”
does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who guards your life know it?
Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?

God is aware of all that is going on planet earth good or bad, and He promises not to remain indifferent to the suffering of man. Jesus was sent to this earth to suffer and pay the penalty for our sins, and the bible promises that he will come back to Judge the world, and bring final salvation to faithful mankind. In a sense we don't have to wait untill Jesus returns to see the Lord working in our lives, anyone who has faith now can have a real relationship with God which will prepare them for eternity. In the book of Hebrews in the Bible it says that it is appointed for man to die once, and after this the judgement. 

Christians are judged the moment they pass from this life to the next, so that is why it is important to not only be reconciled to God through faith now, but to live your life seeking holiness for without which no one will see the Lord. Holiness is found in the kind of person you are, you don't have to be a Saint Mother Teresa to go to Heaven, but you have to be a person who has a clear conscience and is not trapped in a lifestyle of sin. The Bible calls these people sinners and the wicked, and the bible teaches that the wicked will die for their sins physically then spiritually in Hell. 

Spirituality requires us to be holy people in our conduct and character and yes, God does judge the kind of person we were while we were on earth, this is part of our particular Judgement after death. This is why we must live with the consciousness that sin is a reproach (Proverbs 14:34)  4Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people. God doesn't take the sins of the church or a nation lightly, because it is sin that sends people to Hell forever. All humanity must be converted, and stay in a state of Grace up untill the point of death, that means that our consciences must be clear at the point of death, because as it says in Romans our consciences will either excuse us or condemn us. This is part of our particular Judgement. For those who do not believe our consciences are important read these verses from Roman 2:14-15 (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.) People who try to ignore their conscience will experience separation from God for all eternity because this is what the bible teaches, the wages of sin is death. This is Mike.

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