Gun Problem?

As we near the 1st anniversary of the Henry Pratt shooting in Aurora, the issue of gun control rages on. Nothing really has changed since this shooting. Oh, there has been more gun violence, but nothing in the way of getting it under control. People keep on saying that it is a gun problem. The politicians running for the 2020 election are saying that they are going to take away everyone's guns. Even though the 2nd amendment states that the people of the United States have the right to keep and bear arms.

I will argue that we do not have a gun problem. We have a heart problem.

Jeremiah 17:9(NLT)

⁹ “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things,
    and desperately wicked.
    Who really knows how bad it is?

 

The world will tell you to follow your heart. Well, if your heart is deceitful and wicked, then you'll do deceitful and wicked things. It's human nature.

Mark 7:21-22(NLT)
²¹ For from within, out of a person’s heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, ²² adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.

I attended a men's conference over the weekend where one of the speakers talked about killing the spider. What is this you may ask. It's when you do something that's considered destructive behavior. You try and try to figure it out and get better, only to keep making the same mistake over again. Behind these behaviors is a root problem. The spider if you will. You need to kill that spider to get rid of the root of your bad behaviors.

Guns aren't the root of the problem, it's the people behind the gun.

2 Timothy 3:3(NLT)

³ They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good.

 

We are a nation that is far from God. If we want to get to the root of the problem, we need to turn our heart and minds back to Jesus. He will show us ways to get rid of our destructive behaviors.

 

2 Corinthians 10:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)

⁵ We are destroying sophisticated arguments and every exalted and proud thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought and purpose captive to the obedience of Christ.

Evil hearts and mindsets are the spider we need to kill. We need to repent of our sins and turn back to God!

James 4:8(NLT)

⁸ Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.

 

Psalm 119:1-8(MSG)

119 ^1-8 You’re blessed when you stay on course, walking steadily on the road revealed by God.
You’re blessed when you follow his directions, doing your best to find him. That’s right—you don’t go off on your own; you walk straight along the road he set. You, God, prescribed the right way to live; now you expect us to live it. Oh, that my steps might be steady, keeping to the course you set; Then I’d never have any regrets in comparing my life with your counsel.
I thank you for speaking straight from your heart; I learn the pattern of your righteous ways.
I’m going to do what you tell me to do, don’t ever walk off and leave me.

 

I don't know about you, but I want to be blessed!