America is past the factor of resolving its problems with political solutions– our country requires Jesus even more than ever before.
A security personnel was shot as well as eliminated after leaving his SUV at a shopping center in Atlanta on Monday night.
As troubling as the brutality of that criminal offense was, the callousness of individuals around him who can have aided made it also worse.
Anthony Frazier, 51, left his automobile and began strolling down the walkway alongside the American Wings as well as Seafood dining establishment when the believed shooter turned up behind him and fired Frazier point-blank in the back, WAGA-TV reported.
As the guy lay hemorrhaging on the sidewalk, the suspicious rummaged with Frazier’s pockets before leaving the scene, surveillance video clip showed.
A witness that had actually been remaining on the curb just rose and left, trembling his head as he passed the bloody victim.
After that the grim scene got even worse.
Two other guys came upon Frazier however made no noticeable effort to assist him or call the police.
Rather, one of the guys tipped over him and showed up to take something from him.
A third individual– a woman this moment– saw Frazier lying there as she milled around on the walkway but not did anything apparent to help.
The three appeared to have some casual interaction however went their different ways without raising a finger to help the victim.
What sort of globe do we reside in when a male bleeding out on a pathway in broad daylight attracts only interest and opportunistic thieves!.
?.!? This behavior is antithetical to Jesus’s message in the scriptural parable of the do-gooder.
In Luke 10:25 -37, Jesus tells the story of a male who was burglarized, removed, beaten as well as left for dead– similar to Frazier. A clergyman and also a Levite– two males much more worried concerning being made unclean by touching the sufferer than they had to do with helping him– simply stroll on without caring for the male.
Nonetheless, the do-gooder does something different for his neighbor:
“Yet a Samaritan, as he travelled, concerned where he was, and also when he saw him, he had compassion.
“He mosted likely to him and also bound up his wounds, pouring on oil as well as a glass of wine. After that he set him on his own animal and brought him …
