CLARITY
A Biblical Response to Current Events – 10-31-18
Ultimate Justice
What’s Happening: “James ‘Whitey’ Bulger is dead, apparently a homicide; someone probably beating him to death in his cell (and that ‘someone’ might be ‘Freddy’ Geas, notorious mafia hitman, also serving a life sentence in the prison). The 89-year-old Bulger, convicted of 11 homocides himself in 2013 and serving two life sentences, was wheelchair-bound and had just been transferred to the maximum security prison in West Virginia (https://www.boston.com/news/national-news/2018/10/30/whitey-bulger-death. ‘Freddy hated rats,’ said Ted McDonough, a private investigator. ‘Freddy hated guys who abused women. Whitey was a rat who killed women. It’s probably that simple.’”
Knee-Jerk Response: “I guess you can’t escape ultimate justice.”
Biblical Response: “No, you can’t…but we are probably talking about two separate things. Sure, he probably did deserve to die a horribly excruciating physical death…though I really don’t know. I wasn’t on the jury…I didn’t hear the evidence presented at trial. As far as ultimate justice is concerned, that’s way above my paygrade…I’m not copping out…I just think that needs to be decided by Someone Who knows our hearts (Luke 16:15). After all, he may have repented. Which, by the way, does not absolve him from physical retribution (Gal. 6:9).”
“Christians? We believe that He is the Final Judge because He is the only one who knows the heart (Pr. 24:12). Of course, we believe in ultimate justice, but mercy makes heaven possible and justice makes hell necessary.”
Here’s a Prayer You Can Pray: “Heavenly Father, help us to keep short accounts with You and to consider that Christ’s death was our payment-in-full; in Jesus’ Name, amen.”
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