In our society, the only understanding to extreme hate, is "hate back"! .... Other than that, people just have NO clue how to handle extreme hate, how to respond to it, or how to even talk about it. It's an extreme, traumatic shock to people's psyche, and leaves them with absolutely no way to deal with the emotional aftermath of incidences like these.
However, God Himself has spoken about evil. He has given us examples of it, He has identified it, and He has also given us a way to respond to evil.
But if people don't abide in Biblical understanding, they also won't be able to deal with the reality of evil.
Getting together and singing Kumbaya isn't going to cut it - Neither is another "We are the world" song.
Evil is just as real as love and truth. In fact, the opposite of evil is NOT love but justice. And in order to understand what justice truly is, you also have to look toward the Bible. God is the True judge, and when He judges, His judgment is indeed Truth.
And the Bible speaks clearly about "The Day of The Lord" - The day when He will judge the actions of men.
Although God is pure and perfect love, because we live in a fallen world, due to sin we have seperated ourselves from God's pure love, and can't be a part of it perfectly as He is love. But we can LOOK to Him always and know what true love is.
Because we are fallen, we too are part of the problem of evil and thus, a restoration of perfection in everything needs to be unfolded. Our dependence on this revolves around God.
Until then OUR unGodly influence in the world is what creates a Dylann Roof even though he was the one who pulled the trigger. How far he allowed himself to be cast off from God's love will make him personally accountable for his actions but let us remember that the seed of HATE always starts off as small as the tiniest grain but can grow into the largest tree in the forest.
That is why Jesus taught that to hate is to murder from the heart.
What is the solution? ... God is the solution.
A lack of God in anyone's heart will leave a void where any seed of hate can grow to fill up that void in a person's heart.
The mass murderer of 9 people; a 21 year old who I believe hasn't lived long enough, and yet has allowed the seed of hate to grow massively in his heart in such a short time. No doubt he first kicked God out of his heart before allowing himself to steep down deep into his wrong thinking.
These are the effects of the growing secularism in America. The powers of evil that have pushed God out of the consciousnes, out of the government and schools. Why does God have to be in these institutions?... Because they did exist from the foundation of our country and when they were, our moral institutions (Justice, Family values and Education, etc.) birthed integrity and responsibility, and thus were found within the foundation of our society.
Lets pray for our leaders, our country and the world.
