Saving The Christians In Nigeria
BY Herschel Smith
5 years, 5 months ago
Vice President Mike Pence will have today what could be a decisive meeting for tens of millions of Christians in Nigeria now facing the prospect of genocide and forced mass emigration.
Mr. Pence’s visitor is a man who should be on their side, his Nigerian counterpart Yemi Osinbajo. After all, he’s one of the very few Christians in a Nigerian government otherwise dominated by Islamist Fulani tribesmen.
Unfortunately, Mr. Osinbajo is instead part of the problem. He lies shamelessly – including this weekend in New York – about the anti-Christian persecution his government is at least tolerating and, at worst, enabling. Osinbajo’s own tribe has sharply repudiated him for doing so.
If Vice President Pence makes clear that all the persecutors in Nigeria will be held accountable and face penalties, he may be able to prevent a catastrophe there on his and President Trump’s watch.
What penalties, Frank? Name them. I’m betting that you can’t name a penalty that isn’t associated with armed violence, or that (in the case of economic sanctions) isn’t associated with a country that stays in power by the threat of armed violence.
That means that any saving to be done is catalyzed by arms, large or small, you pick. And what it means that anyone has to go to a president or vice president of the U.S. to demand this is that the Christians won’t go to war themselves to prevent being evicted from their own country. Note well the irony – Christians won’t engage in collective self defense, but we’ll demand that the folks who are armed defend them. With guns. One is seen as unrighteous, the other righteous.
Christians around the world have bought into the notion of Jesus as a Bohemian, peacenik, pacifist, hippie flower child. But no one is coming to save you. America is bankrupt, and cannot afford another war and occupation.
Christians, arm up and prepare to do battle. It’s the righteous thing to do.
On June 26, 2019 at 9:29 pm, George said:
Never more truth has been spoken. If you need arms we might be able to help supply them. But we can’t continue to be the world police.
Also at some point a lot of people will feel that it is our responsibility to take many of these people in. The same answer should apply. We are bankrupt and cannot afford to care for refugees by the hundreds of thousands or millions for the rest of their lives and make no mistake. People with 70 to 80 IQs will have to be taken care of forever.
On June 27, 2019 at 7:45 am, John Taylor said:
Based on my non-professional (but broader than average) observations, indigenous African peoples will not be raised up, and African governments will not be made moral. I am open to someone proving me wrong.
Our goal in life should be to not become Africans ourselves.
On June 27, 2019 at 8:31 am, Fred said:
“Osinbajo’s own tribe has sharply repudiated him for doing so.” This proves nothing outside of the Gaffneyian world view, the state being his god, as evidenced by his insistence that the State can fix the morality of people in Nigeria. A great many Christians get ‘repudiated’ by their own tribe being called a liar, a hypocrite and all manner of slurs, many of which are true. See Frank, Christians are sinners. The difference is that we admit it, and our need for the only true God, while you remain guilt racked, your sin haunting you, but hey, maybe you can run from it and repress those thoughts long enough to make it to your grave. But then what? America, World Police, is not our saviour.
There is sin, and all sin is against God. There are consequences for sin. You yourself, nor the US Government can save you. But there is one who can.
“He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”
“For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;”
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:”
“And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.”
On June 27, 2019 at 11:15 am, I R A Darth Aggie said:
If they’re not willing to fight for themselves, I’m not willing to shed one drop of American blood on their behalf.
On June 27, 2019 at 11:16 am, June J said:
The Nigerian Christians can save themselves from a tyrannical government or submit to the persecution.
American Christians will not even fight their own persecutors.
On June 27, 2019 at 4:52 pm, Ned2 said:
Nail, meet hammer.
Turn the other cheek is not biblical at all.
This is the reason Christians are losing.