Publisher's Synopsis
Evil is lawlessness, unrighteousness, sin (1 John 3:4; 5:17). Bullying and suicide among school kids are evil, just as lying, dictatorship, gossip, strife, hatred, sexual immorality, murder, among others. They stem from unwise, selfish, fleshly desires. The source of it all is satan, the deceiver of the world (Revelation 12:9). They are fruit of the sin nature in a rebellious humanity in a fallen world, following Adam's disobedience in the Garden of Eden. Hence, the natural, unregenerated man, whose heart and mind are under the control of the devil, neither knows the will and things of God, nor understands and does them as they are foolishness to him. Bullying and suicide among school children, like all evil, are a spiritual problem, not physical. Therefore, it requires a supernatural power, stronger than satan's, that can change their heart and mind. That is the power of the Creator-God, who is All-powerful, All-knowing, and All-present, through His Word. A thousand laws, stepped up security, banning or confiscating guns are all men's carnal weapons that can hardly win a spiritual warfare, for we're not fighting flesh and blood but spiritual wickedness in high places (Ephesians 6:12). The sword of the spirit, which is the word of God (Ephesians 6:17) is the appropriate weapon. Denying these kids the word of God means depriving them of the greatest need of all mankind, the spiritual food, Jesus. Rather, let the word of God have free course in a nation and her school children to avoid self-destruction. Then God, the Greatest Transformer, will, through His Word and His Holy Spirit, transform their hearts and mind, and conform them to the image of His Son (Romans 8:29). Only God's Way, Word (Jesus), in them, is the answer to the problem.
