Father’s Day 2013

Last night, the brother of a friend of mine got hijacked. Not being content with just taking his stuff, they threw him off the bridge into oncoming traffic.

Needless to say, he is dead.

I only met the guy once, and he seemed nice enough. A husband and father of 2, like me. I somehow doubt their plans for Father’s Day 2013 included burying their dad.

When we heard, I swear to you, I was honestly thinking about going out there and getting Charles Bronson on anyone who looked guilty. I am angry.  I am very, very angry. Not because he was a close friend and not even because he was the brother of a friend, I’m angry because of his kids. I’m angry because it could have been me. I’m angry because the police, generally, seem unable/unwilling to do their job, and if I take it upon myself to protect me and mine, I become the criminal. And I am angry because our president (lower case “p” intentional) has the nerve to say “South Africa is safe and peaceful” after spending R200 million on upgrading the security to his homestead.

How am I, as a father, supposed to legally protect my family? Rely on the police? Please.

I will do WHATEVER it takes to protect them. If it means I go to jail, so be it. My first priority is not to the State, it’s to my wife and kids, so I’m speaking in advance to Mr Armed Intruder. Threatening my family will be a very bad career choice.

I guess at this juncture I should apologise. I know I’m being very aggressive, but I think it’s time.

If you are a father, just think about whats going on in the world. Think about what our kids have to deal with. Why would they want to be good, law abiding citizens? Why would they want to live by moral absolutes? In a society that applauds evil as “progress”, where a woman is praised for making the “brave” decision to murder her baby because it’s inconvenient to carry it full term, where legal systems make law abiding citizens criminals for defending themselves, and will spend millions to protect the rights of the criminal… Why would they even bother trying?

The recognition of gay marriage as an institution is going to change the fabric of society radically, and not in the good way. Our kids, even though they are in the majority will be dictated to by a minority, and they will be made to look like the freaks for wanting to live the way God and nature intended.

So what is the solution?

There isn’t one.

I know that sounds very negative and just a little defeatist, but it’s the truth. Whether we want to acknowledge it or not, we are in the end times. Just look at some of the end times prophecies in the Bible:

People will become increasingly materialistic and lovers of pleasure. – 2 TIMOTHY 3:1-5

The earth will be filled with violence. – LUKE 17:26; GENESIS 6:11-13

Sorceries – specifically to witchcraft, magic, and occult practices used to enchant and deceive will be in the last days. – REV 9:21; 18:23; ISAIAH 47:9-15; MICAH 5:10-15

Many will  forsake morality; blaspheming, committing adultery, disobeying parents, stealing, lying, coveting, etc. – MATTHEW 24:12; REVELATION 9:21

Sexual immorality will be rampant everywhere.- JUDE 18;REVELATION 9:21

There would be a global cry for peace – 1 THESSALONIANS 5:3)

Men will be lovers of themselves – 2 TIMOTHY 3:1-2

Men will sear their conscience so they could continue in sin – 1 TIMOTHY 4:2

Youth will become increasingly rebellious – 2 TIMOTHY 3:2-3; MARK 13:12

Marriage will be forbidden by many – 1 TIMOTHY 4:3

Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.  They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.  Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.  In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. ROMANS 1:26-27

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.  1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-10

So to try and sum this rant up…  As fathers, we need to hide ourselves in The Father, as the World becomes more and more corrupt, we need to become more and more righteous.  As the World becomes more tolerant of evil, we need to become more intolerant of evil.  We won’t be popular, but does that really matter?

This is your family you are fighting for.

Love people, but do not give evil an inch. When it comes to fighting evil, be ruthless, be relentless, be violent. Thats what we need to do, become spiritually violent!

When God told the Israelites  to wipe out the Midianites, every last one, man woman and child, even their animals.   We need to do that to evil.   Little baby evil, smash it on the rocks!Pregnant mommy evil? Cut it open and kill both!   Because believe me, evil is fighting tooth and nail to do that to you.

Evil doesn’t just want to take your car, it wants to throw you off the bridge and leave your kids fatherless.

And now for something completely different: Husband and father Neville D helps to lighten my mood by giving me an insight into the importance of family…