Misbehaving

 APRIL 17 2026 Misbehaving

People behave as if they expect to reap no consequences for their evil actions. They justify doing evil, by claiming to be the victim of injustice. They claim they are not responsible for their actions, by blaming everyone and everything but themselves. They were forced by their genes to commit sexual perversions. They were forced by their pigmentation to commit crimes. They were abused as a child, so they abused somebody else. The list of excuses goes on and on. According to this kind of logic, anyone who's ever harmed anyone else is innocent of any guilt, because someone else harmed them first. No one is innocent and no one is blameless in this world. No one in this world can truthfully play the role of the innocent victim, except perhaps children. But once children grow up, they must take responsibility for their own actions, rather than blame someone else. But whether we take responsibility for our actions or not, is irrelevant. We will all inevitably pay the consequences of our own actions. Thus, it is wiser to forgive others and be free of past injustices, than to justify our own sins by blaming others. This is the law of forgiveness.
   Soon Christ shall appear, and some will receive rewards, and some will be penalized as their deeds deserve. The wicked are not always penalized immediately, and the righteous are not always rewarded quickly, but in the vastness of eternity, justice shall be done. We are crippled by our short-sighted vision of time. If Christ Jesus were to come today and set up his Kingdom, everything would suddenly look different. We would have a whole new perspective on things. Our eyes would be opened wide. Corrupt political leaders and wicked purveyors of decadent culture, even all those whom society glamorizes and idolizes, these wouldn't be envied any more. These folks would all be looking for a hole to hide in, trying to escape the gaze of the God they had despised. --excerpt from my book "Kingdom Reality"