CLARITY
A Biblical Response to Current Events – 7-16-20
Not The End
What’s Happening: “Earlier today Wesley Purkey, 68, was executed by lethal injection for the 2003 conviction of raping and murdering a 16-year-old girl nnd disposing of her burned and dismembered body in a septic pond. His defense lawyers said the punishment was unconstitutional and won in a lower court, but was over ruled last week by the Supreme Court. The execution was carried out in a Federal Prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, and the lethal injection waa of the one-drug type, pentobarbital, rather than three-drug protocol (https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-supreme-court-allows-second-091335106.html). Quoting from the Reuters article: ‘His lawyers had argued he has brain damage and dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease. They said that although he had accepted responsibility for his crime, he no longer understood the reason for his execution and that killing him would breach the U.S. Constitution.’”
Knee-Jerk Response: “I read the article…what a horrible way to be executed!”
Biblical Response: “The teenager’s was less horrible? If you ask me, dementia and Alzheimer’s were a gift. However, justice will be had. There’s man’s judgment and God’s judgment. (Heb. 9:27). It’s kind of like the Good News/bad news approach to sharing the Gospel. ‘It goes like this:
‘I’ve got good news and bad news. First, the good news. When you die, you’re going to get a brand new body. It lives forever. It can never be destroyed. It will experience all five senses to their maximum degree. Now, the bad news. When you die, you’re going to get a brand new body. It lives forever. It can never be destroyed. It will experience all the five senses to the their maximum degree. Kind of sounds like the good news, huh? I guess it depends on where you’ll spend eternity.’”
“Christians? We believe in the Final Judgment (the scripture, above). We also believe God wants us to judge (1 Cor. 6:3-5)….just not to judge hypocritically (Matt. 7:1-2). As far as Mr. Purkey is concerned,,,I can only hope he repented before God. God wants to show mercy, but not at the expense of a disregard for His Son.”
Here’s a Prayer You Can Pray: “Heavenly Father, help us to realize there is consequence for sin…here and there; in Jesus’ Name, amen.”
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