Confronting Evil 

   “In the end, God wins.” (Pope Benedict XVI) 

   We live in a time when few people are willing to confront evil.  A time when it seems easier to live our own life and let others live theirs.  The problem with that attitude is it allows evil to spread more and more throughout society.

   To speak up against evil in today’s society is viewed as impolite and interfering in the right of others to do as they desire.  We are told that we have no right to tell others what is right or wrong and so the words have lost all meaning.  To kill is wrong, unless it’s a baby in the womb or an elderly person whose quality of life has deteriorated.  In those cases abortion and euthanasia are accepted and even encouraged.

   In other things as well, society is turning more and more to evil.  We are not only expected to accept the perversions and abominations but to also celebrate and defend such activities.  To do otherwise is deemed offensive and we are considered to be “out of step” with the real world.

   The truth is that the real world is out of step with God.  They have turned from Him, ignored Him, pushed Him out of the public square and are trying very hard to make it punishable by law to live according to our Christian faith in public, in our schools or in our businesses.  Persecution is on the rise and gaining momentum.

   If we, as Christians, refuse to rebuke the evil it will continue to grow.  If we do not have the courage to stand up for God and His truths we are not worthy of being called Christian.  “For it is not against human enemies that we have to struggle, but against the Sovereignties and the Powers who originate in the darkness in this world, the spiritual army of evil in the heavens.” (Eph 6: 12)