I'm butting in to address that last question because I find this line of conversation interesting, I hope you guys don't mind. When it's the death of the wicked and it saves the lives of innocents, I don't think celebrating it brings one closer to Satan.
As to whether it brings us closer to God, I think whether or not we're "celebrating" by thanking Him for removing an instrument of evil from the world is what makes the difference. I could be wrong but couldn't resist throwing that out there!
SPEZ to add a reminder to myself to lean not to my own understanding. This will make for a good dig into the Word. Unfortunately I'm on my way out the door but hope to come back to this topic. Thanks all for the inspiration.
I think there's a bit of a false dichotomy going on here. The idea is that we don't have to "celebrate" per se. You can be glad that the supreme court is moving more conservative without necessarily celebrating the end of a life.
I think the biggest takeaway is just that we can't let hate consume us, even if you believe it is justified. Because the act of hate, no matter the reasoning behind it, is what separates us from God
Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness.
God loves, Satan hates. This is established over and over during Jesus' ministry and cemented and when jesus does not even hate his captors.
Remember Peter cut off the ear of one of the Roman guards, and Jesus healed him. This is Jesus rejecting the notion that we can match evil/hatred with equal hatred
I'm butting in to address that last question because I find this line of conversation interesting, I hope you guys don't mind. When it's the death of the wicked and it saves the lives of innocents, I don't think celebrating it brings one closer to Satan.
As to whether it brings us closer to God, I think whether or not we're "celebrating" by thanking Him for removing an instrument of evil from the world is what makes the difference. I could be wrong but couldn't resist throwing that out there!
SPEZ to add a reminder to myself to lean not to my own understanding. This will make for a good dig into the Word. Unfortunately I'm on my way out the door but hope to come back to this topic. Thanks all for the inspiration.
I think there's a bit of a false dichotomy going on here. The idea is that we don't have to "celebrate" per se. You can be glad that the supreme court is moving more conservative without necessarily celebrating the end of a life.
I think the biggest takeaway is just that we can't let hate consume us, even if you believe it is justified. Because the act of hate, no matter the reasoning behind it, is what separates us from God
I strongly disagree with that. Sin separates us from God.
Hatred of evil isn't sinful.
Sin is the manifestation of hate
1 john 2:9
God loves, Satan hates. This is established over and over during Jesus' ministry and cemented and when jesus does not even hate his captors.
Remember Peter cut off the ear of one of the Roman guards, and Jesus healed him. This is Jesus rejecting the notion that we can match evil/hatred with equal hatred
I reject your interpretation for many reasons, number one being that I don't trust your ability nor recognize your authority to interpret Scripture.
Mind sharing your testimony with us before we go further?