This is why Jesus forgave those who persecuted him and crucified Him while on the cross. It is the example we must follow, we cannot take hate with us to the grave, because we will lose what God offers through His son.
God grieves the loss of every Human who ends up in Hell, how can we be so callous as to think that we are above it all. If Jesus did it, then we MUST also do it. This means praying that those who persecute us will come to salvation.
If evil people fall get busted for their evil deeds, we must step back and allow God to do His punishment. If we hoot and holler and have a party because they got busted, then that makes us no different than they are. Understand this, you must also not jump for joy in your heart, because God will see how you react in your heart.
Maybe it explains why so many high profile evil men keep getting away with evil in the World. Instead of praying for justice with a heart that has compassion, we are like the guy twisting a knife in their back.
I turn my attention and prayers instead to the truly innocent people who are hurt by evil people.
What prayer do you say for people who are corrupt (like the you-know-whos?
Is it wrong to feel gladness when justice is served?
I’ll be happy and rejoicing just the same. That makes me a sinner. And this is exactly the sort of thing that made me really need a redeemer. So I got one!
Psalm 137: 7-8-9
7 Remember, Lord, what the Edomites did
on the day Jerusalem fell.
“Tear it down,” they cried,
“tear it down to its foundations!”
8 Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,
happy is the one who repays you
according to what you have done to us.
9 Happy is the one who seizes your infants
and dashes them against the rocks.
I’m afraid that when a Hitler or a Stalin or a Hillary bites it I’m gonna have to feel a very satisfying sense of relief. Maybe I’ll say a few Hail Marys later. But right then it’s pass the Jack.
Nope
There are plenty of examples in Psalms, Proverbs, Galatians, Revelations that are contradictory....
When Sandam died, I was happy for the world that his evil ended and his vile acts avenged...
Hard to rejoice over someone going to hell. Eternity is a long long long time. Horrifying, really...
Thank you.
Brother Andrew was the legendary bible smuggler during the cold war times. Wrote the book “God’s Smuggler”. What struck me while reading the book was when he said it was OK to pray for the death of a leader when they had gotten so evil and depraved.
People (especially Christians) who want to see someone in hell have no idea what eternal punishment really is. If they did, they would never wish anyone to go there. In generations past when people had a better grasp of true Christian charity, even the judges that would condemn murderers and such to death would say, "May God have mercy on your soul."
Also, those who call themselves Christian but are comfortable continuing to hate their enemies because they have been redeemed by our Lord, are living a lie. John the Apostle tells us. "If any one says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should love his brother also." (1 Jn 4:19-21)
Sorry, I rejoice and laugh and enjoy.
Sue me.
Rd later.