Being Too Nice ?

 

This year the New Zealand Government voted in legislation for Abortion up to birth along with other life and freedom destroying laws. There is more in the pipeline. At the March for Life procession last Saturday (5 December 2020) some Pro-Lifers brought along gruesome posters depicting aborted foetuses. Definitely not the thing for a “family-friendly” event.

One of these pro-lifers told me that being too nice hasn't worked and that we need to show pro-abortionists the consequences of their decisions. He went on to say that generally we have been too soft and that there is a growing movement of people who will do what it takes to turn things around.

Though I went along with his thinking, my rejoinder was that we need self-discipline and the wisdom to know the time and place for the in-your-face approach. 

Jesus certainly came to bring fire to the earth: he got immersed  in the pressure and he caused divisions even in families. (See Luke 12:49-53)   Perhaps it is time for a discussion for some of us to take the tough approach.

What do you think?