JD: I thought we needed to discuss the two recent mass shootings. Lets first talk about these shootings and the response we’ve all been watching this week.
DJ: These were horrible tragedies with a total 33 people killed and another 50 or so injured. So these were both very troubled people. But I would say that compounding the tragedy has been the fact that we’re in the early stages of a 2020 presidential campaign. What’s being said by some politicians and by some in the media as well I would have to say has just really been disgusting. And I know that’s a personal opinion but that’s just the way it has struck me and others as I have talked about it with them as well.
And you know it’s become a political fiasco in media feeding
frenzy and several democratic candidates as well as commentators on the left
were quick to lay the blame directly at the feet of President Trump even though
he has denounced these kinds of things. Within hours some were using these tragedies
to gain national airtime and to even do fundraising. So the misrepresentations
and I would say even out right lies being told in interviews and political
speeches these things are just appalling and it’s creating a horrible climate in
the aftermath of these shootings.
JD: I think it would be good to briefly discuss the problem of
evil and suffering in this world.
DJ: Well Jimmy you know this is one of the most difficult
questions in life. We live in a sinful fallen world and we’re witnessing
everyday what we’ve mentioned many times on this program and that is what I
call the death spiral of humanity. Paul talks about in Romans chapter 1 where
he begins with the wrath of God is revealed from having against all ungodliness
and unrighteousness of men and this is what we are seeing. We are reaching the
bottom of that spiral and the next thing that’s going to happen is God’s
judgment. So I would say as believers we can be salt and light, we can comfort
and encourage, we can cry with people when necessary and most importantly we
can be involved with evangelism discipleship because the only true hope and
security at any time is found in the Lord Jesus Christ.
JD: David James with Bible in hand with the only true hope there
is in this world for these times of evil and suffering.
We report this information because it is setting the stage
for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.
As David said in Jesus is the only true hope in this world
of evil and suffering, that is an absolute. To say that we will pray for you is
good but then we must put feet to our prayers and reach out to all who are
going through these evil times and times of suffering. The Lord said that these
times are short as compared to eternity. Jesus also said I am coming to keep you
from these times of testing, that’s Revelation 3:10.
