The World Suffers Violence and the Violent Take it by Force: There is another way:

30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”[d]
     
18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing,but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written:

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
    the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”

([c but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, 5 so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.)

     The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.12 What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.13

     These words are from Paul's written letters to the Corinthians.  Having birthed their Church and labored for their understanding he now writes to set them straight and correct them in proper understanding of their faith.   

    Their church in a short time has become infected with incest, lawsuits, leadership errors and arrogance.  In short their faith has been perverted.  "The kingdom of God is not one in talk but of power."  Paul warns them he will discipline them when he comes.  

     Quite quickly the people reverted to old ways of sinfulness and left the Spirit behind, violence threatened to wreck what Paul birthed in grace.

     Our world is suffering violence every day and I think rapidly increasing because we have left God out of it.  Daily we are bombarded with horrendous  stories of violence, bombings, kidnappings and suffering unustly at the hands of governments that rule with tryanny and fear.  Blackouts of facebook and media outlets are the first to be utilized in controling free thought. In Crimea power stations and news outlets were seized first so that a stealthy coup could be staged with minimal media coverage in that country.  

     In Iran women are arrested for uncovering their hair in displays of freedom that  we take for granted.  China imprisons their young intellectuals for "free thought and subversive ways." Nigeria desolates the young women, the hope of their future, and the list is so much longer.

     THERE IS ANOTHER WAY!  And it has to be a paradigm shift in thinking! 

Go back to the first opening sentences of this blog....righteousness, holiness, and redemption.   These are God's ways of replacing all of our shortcommings and changing from the inside out. A complete and total new creation and a destruction of the "OLD Man."  New wine has to be put into a new wine skin as Jesus said.  Only in this way will change be complete and then it has to be worked at...as the Corintians found out.

     The tears will not cease and the suffering will not end but perhaps in the midst of a world without peace and joy there can be renewal within...by Christ in you.