Yesterday, St. Patrick's Day, was not a day for wearing the green in Boynton Beach, Florida. Black arm bands would have been more appropriate for an evening prayer vigil to honor two young street preachers who were gunned down January 30th while evangelizing.
Tite Sufra, 24, and Stephen Ocean, 23, had witnessed to Jeriah Woody, 18, for fifteen minutes before the latter received a phone call and departed. However, Woody returned, and when Sufra went to greet him, he was hit point-blank with a shotgun blast. And when Ocean attempted to flee he was shot in the back, and then finished off execution style with a shot to the head.
"The increasing demonization of Christians in our culture makes some feel its open season on Christians," said Gary Cass of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission, according to the Worthy News North American Service.
Cass further pointed out that not one national news organization reported the incident. And he additionally suggested that if it had been two Muslims, two feminists, or two homosexuals, the media would be all over it.
Unfortunately, he is right.
What happened to Sufra and Ocean is a tragedy, and we need to pray for their families and congregations. However, praying is not enough.
Too many Christians have become complacent. And when complacency becomes status quo we see a continuing loss throughout the Christian community: a loss in faith, a loss in political standing, a loss in education, parenting, and every other area of concern.
Everyone who claims to be a Christian and refuses to get involved in Christian issues shares responsibility for the negative consequences.
Think about that the next time you ask God to answer your prayers.
Instead of living the secular version of "what have you done for me lately?" try asking yourself "what have I done for God lately?"
(Some information and quotes for this article were acquired from Worthy News.com)
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