The First Century vs. The Second Amendment

     Recently I've seen a lot of posts by many of my "Christian" friends regarding the Second Amendment. I've "liked" some of these posts and even reposted some of my own on Facebook. As I was perusing Facebook last night, and reading more of these posts about the Second Amendment, a thought came to me, "How would the first century church deal with this?"
     Remember, the first century church was under the rule of their Roman occupiers. At any time a Roman could command you to walk with them for a mile, or give them their cloak. When the first Century church began to be persecuted, Acts chapter 11 tells us that they were scattered, and the preached the word as they went. See verses 19 -21. Because they did that, the church grew. These first century Christians were so involved in the spreading the Gospel they didn't have time to worry about the government "infringing on their rights."
     And I think that's the problem with the church today.  We aren't busy enough spreading the Gospel. We aren't focused enough on what the first century church was focused on. We allow ourselves to get distracted by so many other things here in the 22nd century that we have lost focus on what we are supposed to be doing, what the first century church did every day of their lives, spreading the Gospel.

     May God bless you as you refocus on God's will, on spreading the Gospel daily - Robert