What Is The Difference?

Hello Guys and Gals!

In the wake of Usama Bin Laden's death, many different views are popping up about what a Christian should feel or do in regards to this.

One view likes to quote Proverbs 24:17-18:

"Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
Or the Lord will see it and be displeased,
And turn His anger away from him."

Or even Matthew 5:43-44:

"You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ "But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you"

This view states that we should be forgiving of all that persecute us and we should not rejoice because our enemy has stumbled!

Another view likes to quote Psalm 58:10-11:

"The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
And men will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely there is a God who judges on earth!"

Here we see that the righteous will rejoice when vengeance is given to the wicked; when the wicked have been removed from the Earth.

But which one is right? I believe that the difference matters in the word 'wicked'! Just because someone is your enemy or uses you, does not mean that they are 'wicked'. But there are truly wicked people in this world. They exist and I believe that Usama Bin Laden was a person who was truly wicked to the very core of his being!

So you can count me in the 2nd group where we SHOULD rejoice with all shouts of joy and praise to the Lord Jesus for righteously judging the wicked Usama Bin Laden and bringing about his removal from the living!

Praise King Jesus for His righteousness and for training the U.S. Navy Seal Team Six with the training they needed to be able to remove Bin Laden from us!

God bless you all this night!