Titus 2 Men And Women

Forward:

Over the last few years, there have been television campaigns to stop abuse in the home.  The television advertisements vary slightly.  One I recall has a child being yelled at by an adult being told how useless he is.  Another shows a child crying in a dark corner while he hears his dad yelling at and hitting his mom.  More recently, I have seen an advertisement showing a family overhearing an abusive situation in their neighbors home. The family portrayed chooses not to intervene and ignore the activities occurring at their neighbors home.  All the advertisements attempt to get the viewer to feel for the abuse victims and to take action against the person committing the abuse, either by direct intervention or reporting the crime to authorities.  The viewer is made to feel guilty if action is not taken to protect the abuse victims, their neighbors.

Now the United States and Great Britain have taken the position of the intervening on behalf of their neighbor and are undergoing a lot of scrutiny not only within the world community, but also in their homelands.

Titus 2 does not take a "political" stand.  We do, however, take a Biblical stand on issues, as all Christians should.  We received an email containing a very good analogy on why the United States (and any country) should act when witnessing atrocities against mankind.  We have included a few verses on what God requires us to do in this situation.

(Words underlined defined from the Strong’s Concordance.)

"Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look (to take aim at (spy), i.e. look (regard: consider, look at (on), mark) not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others."
Philippians 2:3-4

"How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid (defend, deliver, rescue, recover, save) them out of the hand of the wicked."
Psalm 82:2-4

"Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin." James 4:17

A LESSON TO MY SON
by A PROUD AMERICAN Irma S. Chambers

The other day, my nine year old son wanted to know why we were at war. My husband looked at our son and then looked at me. My husband and I were in the Army during the Gulf War and we would be honored to serve and defend our country again today. I knew that my husband would give him a good explanation.

My husband thought for a few minutes and then told my son to go stand in our front living room window. He told him:

"Son, stand there and tell me what you see?" "I see trees and cars and our neighbors houses." he replied. "OK, now I want you to pretend that our house and our yard is the United States of America and you are President Bush." Our son giggled and said "OK."

"Now son, I want you to look out the window and pretend that every house and yard on this block is a different country," my husband said. "OK Dad, I'm pretending."

"Now I want you to stand there and look out the window and see that man come out of his house with his wife and he has her by the hair and is hitting her. You see her bleeding and crying. He hits her in the face, he throws her on the ground, then he starts to kick her to death. Their children run out and are afraid to stop him, they are crying, they are watching this but do nothing because they are kids and afraid of their father. You see all of this son... what do you do?" "Dad?" "What do you do son?!" "I call the police, Dad."

"OK. Pretend that the police are the United Nations and they take your call, listen to what you know and saw but they refuse to help. What do you do then son?!"

"Dad, but the police are supposed to help!" My son starts to whine. "They don't want to son, because they say that it is not their place or your place to get involved and that you should stay out of it," my husband says.

"But Dad...he killed her!!" my son exclaims.  "I know he did... but the police tell you to stay out of it. Now I want you to look out that window and pretend you see our neighbor who you're pretending is Saddam turn around and do the same thing to his children."

"Daddy... he kills them?"

"Yes son, he does. What do you do?" "Well, if the police don't want to help, I will go and ask my next door neighbor to help me stop him." our son says. "Son, our next door neighbor sees what is happening and refuses to get involved as well. He refuses to open the door and help you stop him, "my husband says. "But Dad, I NEED help! I can't stop him by myself!"

"WHAT DO YOU DO SON?"

Our son starts to cry. "OK, no one wants to help you, the man across the street saw you ask for help and saw that no one would help you stop him. He stands taller and puffs out his chest. Guess what he does next son?"

"What Daddy?"

"He walks across the street to the old ladies house and breaks down her door and drags her out, steals all her stuff and sets her house on fire and then... he kills her. He turns around and sees you standing in he window and laughs at you. WHAT DO YOU DO?"

"Daddy..." "WHAT DO YOU DO?!!!" Our son is crying and he looks down and he whispers, "I close the blinds, Daddy." My husband looks at our son with
tears in his eyes and asks him... "Why?" "Because Daddy... the police are supposed to help... people who needs it... and they won't help... You always say that neighbors are supposed to HELP neighbors, but they won't help either... they won't help me stop him... I'm afraid... I can't do it by myself... Daddy... I can't look out my window and just watch him do all these terrible things and... and...do nothing... so... I'm just going to close the blinds... so I can't see what he's doing... and I'm going to pretend that it is not happening." I start to cry. My husband looks at our nine year old son standing in the window, looking pitiful and ashamed at his answers to my husbands questions and he tells him..."Son" "Yes, Daddy." "Open the blinds because that man... he's at your front door... "WHAT DO YOU DO?" My son looks at his father, anger and defiance in his eyes. He balls up his tiny fists and looks his father square in the eyes, without hesitation he says: "I DEFEND MY FAMILY DAD! I'M NOT GONNA LET HIM HURT MOMMY OR MY SISTER, DAD! I'M GONNA FIGHT HIM, DAD, I'M GONNA FIGHT HIM!"

I see a tear roll down my husband's cheek and he grabs my son to his chest and hugs him tight, and cries... "It's too late to fight him, he's too strong and he's already at YOUR front door son... you should have stopped him BEFORE he killed his wife. You have to do what's right, even if you have to do it alone, before... it's too late." my husband whispers.

THAT scenario I just gave you is WHY we are at war with Iraq. When good men stand by and let evil happen is the greatest EVIL of all. Our President is doing what is right. We, as a free nation, must understand that this war is a war of humanity. WE must remove this evil man from power so that we can continue to live in a free world where we are not afraid to look out our window and see crimes on humanity. So that my nine year old son won't grow up in a world where he feels that if he just "closes" that blinds the atrocities in the world won't affect him. Today the second day of "WAR on IRAQ" I felt compelled to write this and pass it along. Hopefully, you will understand the lesson my husband tried to teach our son. "YOU MUST NEVER BE AFRAID TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT... EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO DO IT ALONE!" BE PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN! BE PROUD OF OUR PRESIDENT! BE PROUD OF OUR TROOPS! SUPPORT THEM! SUPPORT AMERICA! SO THAT IN THE FUTURE OUR CHILDREN WILL NEVER HAVE TO CLOSE THEIR BLINDS..."

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