[sauropod]

Understand your sentiment Jeff.

My first reaction to the news this morning, aside from joy at them being freed, was not to judge them for the forced confession.

It was dismay. I truly hope that you are correct and that I am wrong.

I am not saying that I would have been strong enough in their situation to not do what they did (I pray that I would be) but the admonition from Scripture not to deny Christ is what came to my mind immediately. It would in that situation also.

'Pod.

[Jeff Head]

The key in such situations is listening to the Spirit of God which speaks from within...to the heart. In order to do that, I believe we must live in such a way, seeking and following His will, so as to remain in tune.

Then, if we hear what He would have us do...do it! He will judge us accordingly IMHO...and we will know ourselves.

Certainly our disposition and inclination would be to spit in the tyrant's eye and take the sword...but it will only be accounted to us in rightousness (at least in my opiinion) if that is what God's will is, and not just our own. That is why I say I will let God judge these men...even though I recognize that our abject enemies will use this occurance to try and bring more death and destruction upon us.

In the mean time we must,IMHO as a people, prepare for this struggle more seriously than we are currently doing. As Carry_Okie has said...this is serious, life or death business.