First, I would like to congratulate the brave work of Jason Russell in his work with Invisible Children. Secondly, I would like to make a statement that may seem harsh (especially to my liberal Christian friends) but, in my opinion, the Ugandan Army should not be looking to arrest Kony but they should be on a mission to wipe him off the face of the Earth trough execution. (This is the part where half of the readers gasp and grimace at my "cruel" words.) Honestly, the death penalty is not an "un-Christian" thing to do. The Old testament talked a lot about capital punishment and the New Testament never disagrees. Now you may be tempted to say that Jesus disagreed with capital punishment when he saved the woman that was caught in adultery but all Jesus was doing there was showing the hypocrisy of the Pharisees. (Where was the man that was caught with her?) Yes, there are many of Old Testament laws that were cultural but even God would command His own people to slaughter blasphemers and He Himself would consume people by the thousands. If you still disagree with me, then read this article and see if they are more convincing.
Lastly, would just like to touch on a little bit of theology, since that's always fun! When we look at Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, and, recently, Joseph Kony, we see these horrible men and we cannot believe how evil they are. We despise their names and would never even imagine naming our kids Adolf, Saddam, or Kony (probably Joseph though). We see them as the worst of the worst and we could never even imagine being like them, but that is not the truth. Yes, they are extremely evil but so are we. We are as depraved as each one of those guys. Romans 3 quotes a passage in Psalms that says,
None is righteous, no, not one;
no one understands;
no one seeks for God.
All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
no one does good,
not even one.”
“Their throat is pan open grave;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
in their paths are ruin and misery,
and the way of peace they have not known.”
“There is no fear of God before their eyes
This passage describes all of humanity without God. Now, before you get out a quick list of good things you have done let me tell you that, "All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf,and like the wind our sins sweep us away." (Isiah 64:6)
If you want to know what this state of our humanity is called, it is Total Depravity. Here is a video describing this biblical teaching.
I hope that people join together to stop Kony and I pray that the Holy Spirit will work to stop me and you from sinning.
God bless you,
If you want to know what this state of our humanity is called, it is Total Depravity. Here is a video describing this biblical teaching.
I hope that people join together to stop Kony and I pray that the Holy Spirit will work to stop me and you from sinning.
God bless you,
Erick Lima
p.s. Live Radically
