Christian Commentary Encouraging Devotions

In reply the priest recited Matthew 10:16: "You are sheep among wolves. Be wise as serpents, yet innocent as doves."

"Murder is a sin," the character says to a cop. But the officer answers, "Depends who you do it to." Without a beat, he says, "It doesn't work that way."

Will he keep that strongly defined sense of justice when confronted with choices of answering evil with evil, and doing good through not-so-good methods?

It's a tough line to walk, especially when he finds he's alone on an island with his moral code.

He's haunted by unsolved crimes—even when others tell him to just move on.

He's tormented by regret and shame for an impulsive and sinful decision—but is lauded for it by those around him.

And when the film's big moral dilemma stares him in the face, his gut is to go in a direction no other character seems to advocate.

He loses his girl friend/lover as the result of the choice he makes.

But would we do the right thing against such odds?

What is the right answer? Is there a "right answer?"

Read 3 John 1:11, 1 Peter 3:17, Hebrews 5:14 and 1 Thessalonians 5:22

from:- http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies

I had been directed to 1 Peter 3:17 earlier this week.

It is better, if it is God's will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

If with heart and soul you're doing good, do you think you can be stopped?

Even if you suffer for it, you're still better off.

Don't give the opposition a second thought.

Through thick and thin, keep your hearts at attention, in adoration before Christ, your Master.

Be ready to speak up and tell anyone who asks why you're living the way you are,

and always with the utmost courtesy.

Keep a clear conscience before God so that when people throw mud at you, none of it will stick.

They'll end up realizing that they're the ones who need a bath.

It's better to suffer for doing good, if that's what God wants, than to be punished for doing bad.

That's what Christ did definitively: suffered because of others' sins,

the Righteous One for the unrighteous ones.

He went through it all—was put to death and then made alive—to bring us to God. 1 Peter 3:13-18 (MSG)

Scripture is full of passages that remind us of what happens when everyone does what is right in his or her own eyes.

Deuteronomy 12, Judges 17, Judges 21, Job 32, Proverbs 12 and  Proverbs 21.

It is always right to do the right thing.

P.S.

Catholic members of the Canadian Parliament insist the possibility of being denied communion by their church won't alter their position on abortion.

And at least three Catholic New Democrat MPs have faced sanctions for their support of same-sex marriage.

Cape Breton Liberal Mark Eyking said religions that try to force their views on politicians are doing a disservice

"because that's not the way this country is set up.

We see the problems in other countries when they start trying to push their religious views within the political realm. It's not good."

"Not the way this country is set up," he says.

I would like to refer the Mr. Eyking to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

which starts off...

"Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law:"

"Not the way this country is set up"?

This country is set up recognizing the supremacy of God.

And God is against abortion (murder of the unborn) and same sex marriage.

Read His Word, the Bible.

It is always right to do the right thing.