Charlie Kirk’s Death, A Biblical Perspective

Since Charlie Kirk’s death this past Wednesday, you have heard and seen a lot of commentary.  You now have the political perspective, the worldly perspective, the legal perspective, the family perspective, and so forth.  Today, we want to look at the Biblical perspective.  What does God say about this?

Amos 5:10 says, “They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly”.  The public attitude toward a person who will stand up for the truth and proclaim it publicly is often negative.  They hate and abhor him.

Jesus warned his disciples in Jn 15:18, “If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you”. John wrote in 1 Jn 3:13, “Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you”.  We shouldn’t be surprised that the world hates men who love Jesus.

What we’re up against in our society today is the reprobate mind.   In Rom 1:21-32, when men quit glorifying God and thanking him, they become fools.  In their foolishness, they turn to evolution, and the worship of the creature rather than the Creator.

As a result, God gives them up to vile affections, and they turn to homosexuality.  Transgenderism is not even mentioned in this text.  It is, according to Jer 19:5, among things people do, of which God said “neither came it into my mind”.

Following this downward spiral, because they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind.

People have said that shooters, like the one who took Charlie’s life by assassination, have a mental illness.  It’s mental all right.  But a reprobate mind is not an illness that can be cured by drugs or therapy.  Only God can fix that mind.

Look at the sins that follow the reprobate mind in Rom 1:29-31.  They include “full of envy, murder, haters of God, inventors of evil things, without understanding, implacable, unmerciful”.  Verse 31 says that they are worthy of death.

And others of the same mind “not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them”.  This explains why there have been so many social media posts applauding Charlie’s murder.

Why do murderers kill people who are trying to help others learn the truth and know the Lord?  The answer is in the Bible.

In Gen 4:5, Cain was very wroth that God wouldn’t respect his offering.  In Gen 4:8, after Cain talked with his brother Abel (undoubtedly about what God said), he waited till they were in the field, and then Cain rose up against Abel and slew him.  When disobedient men cannot think of anything else to answer righteous men, they often kill them.

In Jn 7:19, 25 Jesus asked the Pharisees why they wanted to kill him.  They denied that they wanted to kill him; yet many in the crowd knew that’s what they were going to do.  Those wicked men followed the murdering, lying devil, Jn 8:44-45, and eventually carried out their evil deed.

In Acts 6:9-10, Certain of the synagogue disputed with Stephen.  They were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.  So, what did they do?  In Acts 7:57-58 they stoned him to death.

When wicked men cannot answer (Matt 22:46) and they don’t want to hear anymore from a righteous man proclaiming the truth, they resort to murder.

So, what are we to do?

Should we retaliate?  No. Jesus said in Matt 5:44, “do good to them that hate you… pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you”.  In Lk 6:22-23 “Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you… for the Son of man’s sake.  Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy…”.  We’re on the right side with Jesus.

Those celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death are among those who are found in Prov 28:4.  “They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them”.  Their hero is a murderer.  And we should contend with them; not retaliate.

Should we run and hide?  No.  Jesus told us that when we proclaim what he tells us, Matt 10:27-28, we are not to fear those who can only kill the body.  The consequence to those who don’t know the truth and who don’t trust the Lord is the loss of their soul and body in hell.  We can’t run away from preaching the truth of the gospel.  There are more still who must be saved.

Should we continue to boldly speak? Yes.  In Jn 18:37 Jesus told Pilate that he had come to witness to the truth.  What Jesus did, he told his disciples to do, and his disciples did it, Acts 4:31.  They were particularly bold after the death of Stephen, Acts 8:4.  They went every where preaching the word.

And in the coming Tribulation, this problem of wicked people killing those who proclaim the truth will still be prevalent.  In Rev 12:11, they overcame the devil… “by the word of their testimony: and they loved not their lives unto the death”.

Conclusion: I know you must be upset, saddened, disappointed, and perhaps even angry about Charlie Kirk’s death by an assassin.  Don’t retaliate, and don’t run and hide.  Rather, continue to boldly speak the truth and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.