Fresh Out of Hell: The Final Chapter

In last week’s exciting installment of Fresh Out of Hell, I wrote a lot about how I dislike most people. I wasn’t just complaining for the hell of it, though. Go back and read between the lines and maybe you’ll detect my point. No? Okay, I’ll spell it out here:

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That’s right, I think we finally need a generation of peace-protestors, just as our parents might have felt compelled to protest war. Now I’m not advocating physical violence, and certainly not some of the more recent battle tactics of the current administration. After all, our parents often had it right when they refused to rally round the wars that their country chose. But when it comes to peace between individuals, this “I’m-okay-you’re-okay,” and “if-you’re-sure-you-feel-that-way-then-go-ahead-and-get the-operation-I’m-sure-your-husband-will-understand-when-you-lop-the-‘wo-‘off-from-your-manhood” stuff, they definitely bollixed things up.

The problem of today is that, rather than making war against us, the Enemy has now learned to make peace against us. This “peace” is the most dangerous and deadly weapon that the Devil ever perverted to his use, because it’s easily agreed upon by the good and the wicked alike. The good people of today may lack the good will to fight, but even the wicked lack the malice to defend themselves. The long and short of it is we’ve lost so much more than the average Christian might think. We haven’t lost what’s good. The good prevails easily, and doesn’t need our coddling. What we’ve lost is Evil. And we need to fight to get it back.

St. Paul said that “where sin abounds grace abounds all the more.” That wasn’t a promise of something that will simply happen, like Mom walking through to give you more popcorn while you’re watching a movie in the basement. This was a call to react to that abounding Grace when you’re in the most abounding sin. He followed up by saying “Does this mean we should sin all the more and get more grace? No, you idiots!” or something like that.

But wait a second… Paul is telling us what to do in abounding sin. He is not telling us what to do when surrounded by a slacking, atrophied sin. So what are we to say?

And that requires another essay unto itself. See you next week.