According To The Fruit Of Their Doings

Speaker of the House Johnson says “the problem with guns” in America is the human heart; not guns, and this is not the time to talk about legislation.

Johnson also says his worldview comes from the Bible.

The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse-- 

who can understand it? 

I the LORD test the mind and search the heart, 

to give to all according to their ways, 

according to the fruit of their doings. 

Jeremiah 17:9-10

Johnson is a legislator, not a pastor. And that sounds like a formula for legislation to me, especially since Jeremiah’s context in that passage was the law of Moses.

So maybe the Speaker should re-examine the source of his worldview. He wants to play “pastor.” Then act like one. Take on the responsibility instead of hiding behind the authority.