The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

 The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

We saw today what happens when Good men do nothing. Then when someone dared to speak up and out they kill him for it.

The question is not why.

The question is What are you going to do about the voice silenced? Are you going to raise yours? Are you going to cry out against the evil pervading the land?

Or are you going to allow the silence to stay silent? Fear? Yes be afraid, but courage is doing the right thing despite the fear.

Today a great voice was silent, not a perfect voice but one unafraid to stand speak and debate. He went to their campuses and debated.

We can not allow the silence to grow, nor can we allow it to silence us.

We must speak out, relearn the art of debate, agreeing to disagree but never again silenced.

The FREE Gift of God, it wasn't free for Him. It cost Him greatly

We have taught it is the Free Gift of God, and God freely gives, but it was not without cost.

A Gift by definition is free, the one who provides the gift has something of value that they are offering to you at no cost to yourself, but generally it cost them something.

The Gift of God as mentioned in Roman 6:23 is the Sacrifice of Christ on the Cross, He was beaten, abused, rejected, by man and God, that we might have the chance to be redeemed.

Why did He do that?

He SO LOVED the world. God’s Love is so great that when He got rejected in the garden, He kept going, when He got rejected by the Israelites who wanted a king, a man to rule over them He kept going. When He got rejected by Israel for idols, He kept going. Then when He came and walked this earth for 33 years, was rejected by both man and the Father, while suspended between Heaven and Earth, He kept going.

He gave us the Scriptures, men chosen to tell us, His Spirit, His Love, His own physical life here on this earth, and His time spent calling us to Him.

What have we done for Him in return and in comparison to all that He has done for us?

Well we have taken the gift….it might take me a minute to think of what we have done for Him.

You know the prize He gets for all His loyalty and Love? Us. That’s it.

Yet still we can not be bothered to read and study, we can not be bothered to give Him our time. We just can’t be bothered.

What would you do if your gift was so undervalued and mistreated?

For God so Loved

 Have you ever stopped to think of what God received out of His Death on the Cross? He got you and I.

He died that WE might be able to Talk and Fellowship with Him.

He did all of this for us! He got nothing out of it that He Himself needed, except us.

If that doesn't boggle your mind, nothing will.

For God So LOVED the World that He gave His Only Begotten Son that whosoever Believeth in Him, should not perish but have everlasting life.

When that hits, it hits hard!