Jesus told his disciples this parable:
"The Kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins
who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Five of them were foolish and five were wise.
The foolish ones, when taking their lamps,
brought no oil with them,
but the wise brought flasks of oil with their lamps.
Since the bridegroom was long delayed,
they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
At midnight, there was a cry,
'Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!'
Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps.
The foolish ones said to the wise,
'Give us some of your oil,
for our lamps are going out.'
But the wise ones replied,
'No, for there may not be enough for us and you.
Go instead to the merchants and buy some for yourselves.'
While they went off to buy it,
the bridegroom came
and those who were ready went into the wedding feast with him.
Then the door was locked. -Matthew Chapter 25
One of the lines I keep hearing from Progressives, many who claim to be Christians, is "What are you afraid of?" That is their kill-shot to shut down argument. From a Nanny-state perspective, it has a certain logic. To question is to threaten the house-of-cards of mutual collusion.
I will own my fear. I am afraid of failing my Christian Duty to protect those that God entrusted me to be the steward-and-protector of.
The New Testament describes those who are prepared as "...wise..." and those who trusted in God's providence and other's generosity as "...foolish...".
"Fear" is not a bad thing. God gave it to us for a reason. It helps us be wise.
To assume that "fear" is always a bad thing is to say that God made a mistake. You can either be a Biblical Christian or you can be sheep. Choose.
God did not build the ark for Noah. Nor did the State.
Amen. Plenty more scripture supports being aware of danger and preparing.
ReplyDelete1st Timothy 5: …7Give these instructions to the believers, so that they will be above reproach. 8 If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Nothing new under the sun, is there?
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What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
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I simply wish to be able to provide for myself and my loved ones in the event of an emergency - oh, and lessen the demand on government to attend to everyone that did not prepare.
ReplyDeleteAlso, of course, basic emergencies happen all the time. Small ones - big ones to us of course - for which the government will not intervene.
Besides, as the saying goes, if you need the government in hours they will be there in days.
As for me and my house ...
ReplyDeleteI still sleep peacefully, our team has a really deep bench.
But the game IS getting more interesting,
A little East of Paris
Prepping is insurance but self started. Not relying on others.
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