The Authorities Help Us, Part 1 (TMF:1828)

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Peace to Live By: The Authorities Help Us, Part 1 (TMF:1828) - Daniel Litton
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       The police are out and about to help us, not to hurt us. That doesn’t mean that every one of them is perfect. No profession, no matter what profession that is, has perfection across the board. This is a sinful, fallen world. But the police are out and about to help us. Several years ago, probably seven or eight years ago now, one of the local channels here in Columbus used to air the old Mission: Impossible episodes overnight from the late 60s and early 70s. Some of you can recall the show. It starred Peter Graves, who, by the way, was an outspoken brother in Christ and is now home with the Lord. I remember that sometimes in the show the agents could be particularly brutal toward the criminals, leaving them to die in a building in which a bomb was about to go off—whatever. At times in watching an episode, I would think, “You know, they have a right to do things like that. They have a right to let criminals die.” And I thought that in light of this passage here.