I do not know how any christian can celebrate the death of a man who is probably in Hell. Think about it, the fact that anyone could end up in Hell should horrify us deeply, yet some of us are celebrating the fact that Bin Laden is now in Hell. The horrifying truth of Hell should motive us to share the gospel with people, including people like Bin Laden, yet so many of us won't even do something as simple has hand out a gospel tract or leave one where a person is likely to find it.
How many of you pray for lost souls, in hopes that they may come to Christ? I know of at least one pastor, who prayed that Bin Laden would be saved. How many of you have done that? Jesus said "love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you". (Matt. 5:44) How many of you have applied what Christ said to this situation?
A pastor, was talking about Hitler, but it applies in this situation as well. This pastor said that he was just living up to his human potential. Something that we all have the ability to do. We all have it in us to do the things that Bin Laden has done, only by God's grace are we held back from doing it. People call Bin Laden evil, and say that he did evil things. I don't disagree, but I use God's standard of good and evil. According to God's standard we are all evil, we all do evil things. We are not capable of doing anything good, unless we do it through Christ. Without Christ everything we do is dirty, rotten, and evil.
So, before you go off celebrating this man's death, think about what you would really be doing in the light of God's truth.
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Two verses seem especially appropriate here. The first relates to a person who dies. "When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting."(Proverbs 11:10) The second relates to a person who is still alive and may still be turned back. "Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him." (Proverbs 24:17-18)
Thanks for your response to shameful celebrating by Christians. We should remember that we are all sinners and he who is without sin should cast the first stone. Americans will all pay dearly in the future if the Lord sees your rejoicing at evil responding to evil. Even the non-believer knows that there is no justice served without a fair trial. willk
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