Heroes Still Live

There is a type of man that is the worst of all. He is the man who pretends to valiantly support a cause while he attempts to blend in with its heroes — all for social gain. He is the man who fights only for the applause. He is the man who lives only for the faulty opinions of the cowards, rather than the justified trust of one who does right. He is the one who stands “alone” only when he sees many others doing the same.

He is the man who has no honor.

William Wallace is seen as the greatest defenders of freedom in the history of the world. He died an individual, without a friend present, not a person to confide in. He may have died physically a slave in the hands of his tyrants, but mentally and spiritually, Wallace died the most free man on earth.

Jesus the Christ is heralded as the Savior of the world. But in order to accomplish His purpose, he was required to bear his cross in front of a mocking world, no one save the Father to listen, and even the Father turned His back on Him. The same occurred to John the Baptist, the apostle Paul, Moses and most of twelve disciples. The story of Christianity is the story of those who are not afraid to stand alone. “We must obey God rather than man.”

Hans and Sophie Scholl took on a nation, just the two of them. They traded a life of ease for a few short years of speaking for what they knew to be right, for calling out for those who had no defense. They were both beheaded.

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