Today, a great light for Jesus Christ has been put out.
If you haven’t heard, Charlie Kirk was shot and murdered… Find here.
A moment of silence.
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God bless Charlie Kirk’s wife, kids and Christians around the world.
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Charlie Kirk is a righteous and Godly man.
He is one of the few men that I’ve seen walk according to his principles and walk according to Jesus Christ’s commandments. There are many on the “right” and “conservative” who claim to be but don’t walk according to Jesus Christ.
Charlie Kirk is one of the few who walked according to Jesus Christ. Surely born again and raised in Christ.
The race we run for God
As Christians, we run a race that we’ve been told about by Jesus Christ. A race to spread the kingdom of God. To spread His gospel. To tell the world about the gospel of Jesus Christ. To tell them about the salvation, the free gift of God, that is offered through Jesus Christ. To tell the world about the transformation, the rebirth, and new creation born in Jesus Christ. The death of sin and the birth of righteousness.
To spread the truth and righteous. To spread the very things that are Godly. That is grace, mercy, kindness, truth, righteousness, justice, forgiveness, love, joy, patience, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control.
It is a race for life itself. A race to spread the gospel that gives life to all. And often that race calls for the life of the one who runs it.
Charlie Kirk ran his race and he fulfilled his mission. He is undoubtedly in paradise now. I rejoice for Charlie Kirk. Glory be to God. He was found worthy to die for Jesus Christ.
40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
Acts 5:40-42 KJV
Wake up Christians
This is our end.
We can be complacent and sit on the sidelines in hopes of “saving” our own lives…
Or, we can do as Charlie Kirk did. Fight for God’s kingdom and in doing so, put our lives in jeopardy… To ultimately give up our lives to find them in Christ.
24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Matthew 16:24-26 KJV
This fight does not find itself with the weapons of man. It finds itself with the spiritual weapons of God. It is a spiritual fight.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Ephesians 6:11-13 KJV
They may be able to destroy our bodies but they can’t truly destroy us.
Encouragement to run the race
The reward from this race isn’t a pat on the back, a ribbon, or the praise of men. It is the praise of God and much more. More than eternal life that we receive through Jesus Christ, we are given crowns in God’s kingdom. We get to experience the presence of God. His goodness. His peace and joy.
Otherworldly experiences that cannot be imagined.
The reward is indescribable. Nothing could come close to it here on earth. Nothing can compare.
So run the race and do not stop. Here are a few encouragements from the Bible.
Do not fear men and what they can do to you
Death threats and even death itself are
27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
Matthew 10:27-29 KJV
Nothing will separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus
The people rejoicing over the death and shooting of Charlie Kirk are foolish. They believe they’ve won, but…
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:35-39 KJV
The sting of death is gone
Death used to have a sting because before Jesus Christ, sin was still present. So, when one would die, they were damned to death while they were under sin. And not just any “death”, but the death of the spirit which is an eternal death. Eternity in hell. That is a true death that is forever.
But now, the sting of death has been taken away by Jesus Christ.
53 For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 But when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.
55 Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law;
57 but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be firm, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:53-58 KJV
Walk in the Spirit not in the flesh
If you aren’t ready for death, you need to consider.
It is written over and over in the Bible. It should be no surprise to you. The prophets were slaughtered. The apostles were persecuted and murdered. Jesus Christ, the Son of God whom Life came through to us, was murdered, brought back to life and taken up to God.
If you fear death, you do not have life in the spirit. You fear death because you live in the flesh but you need to walk in the Spirit.
3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
Romans 8:3-5 KJV
Understanding death
Death is merely a translation. The “death” the world talks about is not a true death. It is the death of the body. But we are more than just a body.
Our bodies are just the vessel which holds us and allows us to interact physically in this physical world.
It would be a mistake to say the driver is dead when the car gets destroyed. Because the driver is not dead, he is alive but his car is destroyed. Put the driver in another car and you’d say he is alive again.
Our fleshly bodies are cars. The driver of the car is who we truly are, our soul. The guide in the passenger seat is the Spirit.
Many lack the spirit. The passenger seat is empty in their car but the Holy Spirit of God is what should be there. It is why we always feel empty and like we are missing something. Because we are. We are missing God and His Spirit with us.
What we call “death” is just the destruction of the car, or our fleshly bodies.
Why Charlie Kirk was murdered
Without a doubt, Charlie was murdered because he was running the race for Jesus Christ. At the very core of Charlie Kirk’s efforts, was the desire and fight for Jesus Christ.
If you paid attention to any of Charlie Kirk’s work, you’d find Jesus Christ at the very root of it. You’d find the values and commandments in the Bible that Jesus Christ spoke of, woven into Charlie’s arguments.
Charlie envisioned and fought for the world that Jesus Christ spoke of. A Godly, holy and pure world. Filled with joy, love and good. A world of God.
The very kingdom of God is what Charlie Kirk fought for.
And it’s why he was murdered.
satan hates the kingdom of God
Every fight for the kingdom of God is a direct attack on evil. You can rest assured that satan will put all his power into ending your fight.
satan will do whatever he can to try to stop you. It doesn’t need to be murder but anything to stop you. All that matters to him is that you stop your attack on evil. Thereby, letting evil continue to spread and good to cease.
But no matter what, you must continue to fight through it.
I, myself, am guilty of being stopped. But you have to regroup and keep fighting.
Evil people genuinely believe they are doing “good”
It is no surprise. It is written:
16 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
John 16:1-3 KJV
There are many evil and wicked people, calling out and claiming that the murder of Charlie Kirk is a “from god.” What they fail to tell is their god is satan. They worship the devil and all his evils. They worship the world and false idols.
Charlie Kirk is not dead, he is alive in Jesus Christ
His mortal, corrupt, fleshly body may be destroyed. Yet his spirit is quickened and caught up to God.
As it is written, Charlie Kirk has been caught up to Heaven, to await the things to come.
And the things to come are, more deaths and martyrs to follow.
9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held.
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
11 Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.
Revelations 6:9-11 KJV
Weep for the world, not Charlie Kirk
I weep not for Charlie because he is with Christ now. I weep for his wife and kids but I know God will pour His grace out on them. They’ll be well taken care of and supported. God bless them.
I weep for the world. Woe to the world. Woe to those who don’t know Jesus Christ. Woe to those you don’t have life.
The world continues to grow darker and darker by the minute. And for those who know not Christ, it is time to pick a side.
For those who have anxiety, suicidal thoughts, depression, and are suffering, I was the same. You may want to read what Jesus Christ did for me.
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Rest up Charlie Kirk. You’re race is won. God is proud. We cheer for you.
To all Christians, we’ve got a race to run. A gospel to tell and the knowledge of Jesus Christ to spread. We’ve got the Kingdom of God we fight for and a King we serve. Godspeed.
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Glory be to God.