Suddenly now, the big issue is how to counter “terrorism.”

Can we resist evil with evil?

That is defeat within itself. Romans 12:21: “Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.”

This war is an “ideological” war, a war of religions, of ideas, morals and ethics. Can we fight it with guns, tanks, bombs, drones, planes, ‘boots on the ground’? Certainly not. The “eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” approach can only lead to an escalation of hostilities. It only skims the surface of the issue and makes it worse.

Begin With Repentance

We the people of the United States of America must begin by repenting of our sins. Until we do, we have defeated ourselves by incurring the wrath of God.

We must repent of fornication and adultery which are the root causes of abortions, broken homes, abused and neglected children and all of the other consequences of our vile entertainment and media abuse. We are guilty of the blood of more than 60 million aborted babies. How can we self-righteously accuse others of having “blood on their hands”?

We must repent of our idolatry in supporting the establishment of the anti-Christian nation calling itself “Israel” which has been the festering thorn in the sides of the Middle East. We must also call them to repentance and restitution for all their atrocities during their occupation of Palestine.

We must repent of our covetousness in wanting the cheap resources of oil and gas from the Middle East to satisfy our greed for more and more luxuries and self-indulgence.

We Must Repent of Unjust Wars

We must repent of the unjust wars we have engaged in because of our covetousness: James 4:1-4:
“From whence come wars and fightings among you? Come thy not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss that ye may consume it upon your lusts. Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”

This would be only the beginning of our “Counter Terrorism.” But there is no other effective way to begin. In Jesus’ Name, let us begin.