After a gruesome assassination yesterday of Charlie Kirk, the assassination revealed something that time and human energies cannot erase. Yesterday, we saw a raw and public display of evil that is still living among us. That evil will do anything it takes to silence the truth, even murder those who reveal the truth.
This morning, I read through a list of the offspring of Noah’s sons who repopulated the Earth after the flood. Their offspring carried with them the seeds of evil that would manifest in the repopulation of the Earth. It was an evil that could only be overcome by Jesus Christ. He is the only one who has the power to overcome our sin.
Among Noah’s sons were their offspring who would create cities and kingdoms with names like Canaan, Babylon, Assyria, Ninevah, the Philistines, Hittites, Jebusites, and the rest of the “ites”. Their offspring would also produce cities like Sodom and Gomorrah. It wasn’t a rosy and cheerful repopulation of the Earth. Some of their offspring would eventually be the ones who would wage war against God and His followers.
There are many fools now speaking like it has been every time in history when the horror of evil is manifested in the public square. Don’t be a fool, allowing your emotions to speak instead of God’s Spirit. We are called to speak the truth in love, as Paul wrote. Speaking the truth will put us in places of jeopardy when our voice is heard.
The book of Proverbs addresses the mindset of the fools in our culture and, sadly, for some within the Church.
“Fools think their own way is right” (Proverbs 12:15)
“Slandering others makes you a fool” (10:18).
“The mouths of fools are their ruin; they trap themselves with their lips” (18:7).
A social and spiritual ruin is coming to the fools who have believed a lie, declaring it to be the truth. Charlie died because he spoke the truth with the clarity of love. Just as it was when Noah’s sons repopulated the Earth, evil remained and is ready to be revealed at an opportune time. A fool will misinterpret the death of a man like Charile Kirk and join with the mocking crowd. God will use Charile’s death as a seed to produce a new harvest of souls, something a fool cannot see or believe.
AS a mother and a believer in Christ, my heart was so grieved about the senseless murder of a young believer in Christ, a husband, a father and one who spoke truth. I was comforted knowing that he died for the sake of the gospel and great is his reward in Heaven.
My prayers are with his precious wife, children, family and the wider community.
So tragic. Such a loss to our movement.
Amen. Charlie Kirk was an incredible man of God and his life reflected this in every way – God will use this in the generation that Charlie was reaching out to, he had a heart for the youth and he made a huge impact. Thank you for your words about Charlie, I am still struggling to believe it happened. We are praying for Erika and his two children, May God’s love and blessings pour out upon them. God will use this for good, as hard as that is to understand right now. Charlie had a love for people that is very rare, he could disagree with you yet still treat you respectfully and with a heart like Christ, he was not afraid to speak the truth or about his beliefs and he was ready to debate anyone that wanted to question his beliefs. He taught so many to stand up for what you believe in, don’t go along with the crowd, and to treat others with respect even if you don’t agree with them. RIP Charlie ❤️