The events of this week have been incredible. Our national leaders and our military have done a great job in seeking justice for all the lives lost on September 11, 2001 and those lost before and after, that Osama Bin Laden was responsible for taking. I am grateful that our Navy Seals were not injured or killed during the recent mission to find Osama Bin Laden.
What saddens me is the unfortunate reaction of some Christian in "rejoicing" at Bin Laden's death. Whether he was deserving of death or not, we should not rejoice in it. There is only one reason that we should not rejoice in the death of the wicked and that reason is because God does not rejoice in the death of the wicked. Ezekiel 33:11 states "Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, O house of Israel?'"
The principle here is that God does not take pleasure in the death of the wicked. His desire is that all would come to repentance and faith in Him. We know that not everyone comes to faith in God through Jesus Christ our Lord, but we should not rejoice in their death.
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