No Metaphysical Solution
A Florida teenager who was savagely beaten by her classmates for the purpose of posting a video of the beating on YouTube is going to be homeschooled for the remainder of her high school education. Seven teenagers are being charged on several counts of battery, false imprisonment, and kidnapping, while the victim is still recovering from her physical and emotional injuries.
I cannot imagine the heartache of watching the beating of my child on video. I also cannot imagine the type of families that have raised such satanic offspring. But, before anyone declares homeschooling to be a "utopia," bear in mind that there are also cases of severe treatment within the home as well. Sometimes, some of the greatest forms of abuse and violence are enacted within the domestic realm.
The issue is sin and man's fallen nature, and not the metaphysical setting. When righteousness dominates, the home is far greater than all other arenas for the preparation of children. But, when sin dominates, no place is a safe zone. Instances like these are incessant reminders that we live in a world rooted in sin and animated by devils. Our solution lies always in the redemptive work of Christ's sacrifice and the power of the Holy Spirit.
However, let us not forget the righteous judgment of God and the marvelous ways in which He makes His will known. If we continue to live contrary to His Word, both we and our children shall be subject to His righteous judgment. In this sense, we must beware that pity not get the best of us. Our humanity--which believes it loves more than God does--can never justify the pain that man causes each other. But in this distorted vision, we fail miserably, for God is always righteous in His judgment and man will always reap what he sows:
I cannot imagine the heartache of watching the beating of my child on video. I also cannot imagine the type of families that have raised such satanic offspring. But, before anyone declares homeschooling to be a "utopia," bear in mind that there are also cases of severe treatment within the home as well. Sometimes, some of the greatest forms of abuse and violence are enacted within the domestic realm.
The issue is sin and man's fallen nature, and not the metaphysical setting. When righteousness dominates, the home is far greater than all other arenas for the preparation of children. But, when sin dominates, no place is a safe zone. Instances like these are incessant reminders that we live in a world rooted in sin and animated by devils. Our solution lies always in the redemptive work of Christ's sacrifice and the power of the Holy Spirit.
However, let us not forget the righteous judgment of God and the marvelous ways in which He makes His will known. If we continue to live contrary to His Word, both we and our children shall be subject to His righteous judgment. In this sense, we must beware that pity not get the best of us. Our humanity--which believes it loves more than God does--can never justify the pain that man causes each other. But in this distorted vision, we fail miserably, for God is always righteous in His judgment and man will always reap what he sows:
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Gal. 6:8-9
