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'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!