As was true, I’m sure, in many churches this Sunday, my pastor shared a few words about what happened this past week. Prior to his sermon, without actually saying Charlie Kirks name, he laid out a beautiful statement about Charlie’s political assassination and what it should mean to us, what we should think and believe as a result of the events of this past week.
Pastor said there are three lessons that we need to learn from Kirk’s assassination: The first lesson is that the world’s answer to truth, post modernism, is that all truth is relative, there is no such thing as evil and wrong. The events of this past week proved that they are completely incorrect. It was true evil that happened this week.
The second lesson we should take away from Charlie Kirk’s assassination is that God’s Word provides us with the tools, the prism by which we can interpret not only these events but all the issues of life. We use God’s word as a filter to interpret the world around us and if we do that, we know, based on God’s word that what happened this week was evil, heinous and unjust. We have to have a large place in our world view to prove the providence of God. That God is working in His providence to allow things, that if we were in charge, we would never let happen. We need a large, robust view of the providence of God, and that is difficult apart from our Faith in God.
When I think about this lesson, that God is in charge and God has a plan, we have already seen many things happen that may not have happened had Charlie Kirk not been killed. Some college campuses are reporting a revival taking place among the students. Turning Point has said that there have been several thousand requests to start chapters on college and high school campuses. I think of Erica Kirk’s words when she stated that “you don’t know what you have unleashed”. Would these things have happened if Charlie had not been killed? We don’t know but we do know and must believe that God has a plan. The Romans tried to stop the followers of Christ in the early centuries of Christianity. Many were martyred but look at where we are today. While many died, God’s plan brought Christianity to life. I believe with all my heart that God will raise up another Charlie Kirk, maybe many and the ministry will grow, just as God raised up many Christians and Christianity grew.
The third lesson we should take away from this evil event, and actually many events throughout history, is that one day, God will make all things right. Romans 12:19 says “beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave the wrath to God for it is written, vengeance is Mine, I will repay says the Lord.” Two things to remember about this, don’t try to take God’s vengeance, and this comes with a promise “I will repay”. We don’t understand how all this works, but we have to remember there is a command and there is a promise. Somehow, some day and some way they will pay for the evil they have committed. I think this is extremely difficult for us to comprehend. Our natural desire is to “make them pay”. God will extract his vengeance by His own means. This doesn’t mean we should sit idly by and shout “Jehovah Jirah” (God will provide). We need to do our part and trust God’s appointed servants (laws and law enforcement) to do what they’re supposed to do. We have a responsibility to point out the injustice and bring it to the attention of our God ordained leadership. We have already seen some of this carried out as evil people have celebrated Charlie Kirk’s death. They are paying the price! “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay says the Lord”.
God Bless Charlie Kirk’s memory, God take care of his widow and children, and God Bless the United States of America.