The Next Target

We live in dangerous times.  It is especially dangerous if you happen to be a statue. That is because statues all over America are being torn down.  The statue of Christopher Columbus in Columbus, Ohio was installed in 1955….. as a hero.  Now, he is viewed as an imperialist whose exploration and discovery of North America led to genocide.   This revisionist portrayal of Columbus as a villain seems to have found favor among those in charge of the city of Columbus.

Statutes are swiftly being torn down around the country.    Soon there won’t be any statues of Confederate soldiers or explorers left in the country.  But wait there’s more.  The anti-statue movement, which is fueled by political correctness, will not be banished.  No, they will simply find a new target.  And their new target might be religious icons.  The anti-statue movement, which is trying to force political correctness down our throats, will perhaps end up tearing down statues of Jesus.  They might even go so far as to demand that churches remove any images of a religious nature.  That will mean a manager scene at Christmas, religious pictures on walls of public places or any religious symbols…..Perhaps even to the crosses on our churches. 

You say………”But we aren’t a public institution.  We are autonomous and federal mandates don’t apply to us.”  Really?   Do our Christian Schools and Universities take any federal funds?  Then the Feds demand the right to dictate compliance with any laws that are passed.

Why might self-appointed arbitrators of political correctness embark on a mission to remove Christian symbols from our society and culture?  Just as in the early days of Christianity, many find Jesus and what He represents, to be offensive.  He doesn’t represent the narrative of today’s society either.  You see, Jesus said that He is the only path to God, and in today’s environment, it is not politically correct to make such a bold claim. Nowadays, if you do not want to offend anyone then the safe thing to say is that all religions offer an equal path to God…..that is, if there even is a God!

This in itself is nothing new.  People have been offended by His remarks since He first appeared on the scene centuries ago.  That’s the reason He was executed in the first place, which of course was God’s plan from the beginning.  He became the atonement for our sins with a promise to return again. 

The Romans set about persecuting Christians because those early believers knew that there was only one true God, and the way to God was through Jesus.  The Romans worshipped a multitude of deities, however Christians claimed there was only one God!  Off with  their heads!!!

This stuff has been going on for a very long time.  Sure, there are other religions in the world.  They all promise good things in this life and even in the afterlife.  However, not one of their teachers or prophets has ever returned from the dead!  That’s the best reason for us to have faith in the One who did return. 

Our society is filled with individuals and organizations that harbor a disdain for Jesus.  They will use any opportunity or excuse to censor His message, and in today’s racially charged climate, they are now playing the race card.  It is true that many societies in the past did use Jesus to justify extreme injustice, persecutions and White Supremacy.  God planned that He would come into this world as a lowly Jew a descendant of Abraham who came from a country now known as Iraq.  

What is happening now is that some anti-Christian radicals are using race as an excuse to remove Jesus from our culture.  I actually cringe when I see various paintings of Jesus with light skin and blue eyes.  The truth is that Jesus’ skin tone is not important, and we must not allow anyone to try and use Jesus’ skin color as an excuse to remove Him or Christian symbols, from anywhere in our society. 

John 14:6   Jesus saith unto him:  “ I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

  Did He really  mean it?