Wars and Rumours of War.

When Pope St. John Paul II was alive, he wrote an encyclical called Evangelium Vitae, which means “The Gospel of Life.” In it he warned of the culture of death that was beginning to take shape, and he warned of the dangers of accepting abortion and euthanasia, and other things, that if continued to be promoted and accepted would lead to a deterioration of the respect for the sanctity of life in all it’s stages. He warned that mankind would lose the awareness of God’s presence in a world that no longer respected life, and he warned that we would lose the sense of the presence of God and man, losing our sense of shared purpose and identity.

We are all created in the image of God and carry that identity in our bodies and souls. When we forget God, we can do damage to the image of God within us and our fellow man. We separate ourselves from God, and no longer sense His nearness in our lives, and we end up turning a blind eye to the injustice, sin and atrocities in our world. We falsely reason that if there is no God, then I am no longer responsible for my sins or the sins of my community. Why so much death and destruction in the world we live in, without any resolute to make things right between man and God? It’s the sinful nature at work in the hearts of man because of their unbelief in God. We have convinced ourselves that God no longer exists, so in this deception evil is committed without repentance.

The church calls this willful or mortal sin, and if persisted in there is no forgiveness. The more mankind follows evil and rejects the goodness of God, the harder it is to return to God. My prayer is that wars would end and people’s souls would be saved. Jesus prophesied that there would be wars and rumours of war before he comes back, and he told us not to worry (Matthew 24:6). We still have a responsibility to make things right and save people’s lives, because God is watching and we will have to give an account of our lives to Him one day. This is Mike.

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