It is hard to imagine the mindset of anyone who calls for defunding the police. This past Friday, September 11, we remembered those who, nineteen years ago, moved unhesitatingly into the line of fire to save the lives of others, while putting their own lives on the line. 

These are the same heroes who in recent weeks in various areas of our country have been treated as if they were enemies of the people, when in fact they are the ones who are out there every day risking their lives protecting all of us. I want to share with you some comments I made a few years ago about the importance of those who defend us. Quoting from the Sword of Defense, I pointed out that there is nothing inherently good or bad about a sword. The quality of sharpened steel may depend on whether it's in the hands of a surgeon or a bandit. It's true that Earth's greatest Teacher did admonish, "Put up your sword, for he who takes it shall perish by it." But here he was talking about a weapon drawn in anger and vengeance, for Jesus also said, "I am come, not to bring peace, but a sword." 

Here He was talking about a weapon drawn against evil. So all depends upon the purpose for which the blade is to be used. But remember this: Without swords, coerced men cry "Peace" when there is no peace, and surrender the most heavenly things to the most hellish forces. There is a sword bathed in Heaven. So long as swords are to be only in the hands of those who cannot be trusted with them, the only peace possible between the lion and the lamb - which prophecy predicts shall someday lie down together - is for the lamb to lie down INSIDE the lion.

Now there are some present-day appeasers of evil who would label that arrangement "peace." But a peace dictated by unethical forces is the peace of slaves. In this country recently, a community activist stepped to the podium to renounce the sword of defense. And in so doing, he asked the rhetorical question, "What has a sword ever accomplished worthwhile?" After his talk, a man from the audience came up to him and said, "Sir, I can tell you one thing the sword of defense has accomplished." The speaker asked him what it was, and he said, "The sword of defense, in the hands of those who would go forth to resist militant evil, has made it possible for you to stand up on this platform today and declare your convictions without fear of being liquidated!"

Defund the police? Forget it! 

And I will close with these words of advice: Be brief, get to the point, because the more you say, the less they will remember.

Have a fantastic day!