Something to think about, and I am just throwing this out there because it is hard to hear:

Jesus says to love our enemies, to turn our cheek when hit on one side, so our other side can be hit.
We are all sinners, we all deserve the same fate. Jesus died for our sins so that we may spend eternal
Life with Him. That means he also died for those people we call thugs out there doing wrong. Jesus didn’t turn his back to those who tortured him, who hung him on the cross, and He certainly didn’t die JUST for you and me, but for everyone. That means everyone.

Just as two wrongs don’t make a right, two hates don’t turn into love. If you hate on these people you are essentially saying what Jesus did wasn’t enough and you are setting yourself up for something far worse when your judgement day comes.

Good words, thanks!

You are correct in what you say. I would add a few things.

One, our government should be deciding and handling the situations we witness. God speaks of rulers as doing what is right, or should. However, as we see, our government is so off the rails that this Godly expectation has broken down. We should trust and believe that God will judge. That all is known by God. But when you see open defiance of law and your government doing nothing, human nature takes control.

He died to give us all the opportunity for eternal life and peace on this world. Many people often misunderstand what “love or enemies” means. This is not the love we have for family or friends. Love in this reference is talking about loving sinners and praying, wanting, witnessing, and hoping they will find God and seek redemption. It does not mean you love them so you forgive them or do not hold them responsible for their actions. Such as you might a loved one.

There will be no “far worse” for anyone regardless of sins committed. Your sins, whatever they are, do not send you to hell, or put in the Great White Throne Judgement. Your denial/refusal to accept Jesus as your savior is what sends you to hell. The same fate all unsaved will face. The sentence for all those is eternity away from God.

Read Revelations about the opening of the seventh seal. It says that there was silence in Heaven for half an hour. Why? Because all of heaven knew the judgement that was coming. Jesus is judgement at this point. All have been given plenty of opportunities to repent. Those that did not will now face a judgement that caused Heaven to go silent. God has everything under his control. Have peace in this fact.

Gonna get worse before it gets better.

Well, I ain't Jesus!

I apologize if you think I missed your point, as I may have. But I believe any difference is semantics. I absolutely agree with what you just said. We are in this world, but not of this world as Christians. We should have love for all Gods children. We should mirror God that all should not perish. Those who do evil are still Gods children and he desires for all to be saved.

Times like these just reinforce why hi capacity magazines are a necessity.

I understand your point Buckeye and I also happen to agree with you but man, these idiots make it awful hard for me to have any compassion for them!

I understand your point Buckeye and I also happen to agree with you but man, these idiots make it awful hard for me to have any compassion for them!

Times like these just reinforce why hi capacity magazines are a necessity.

When thinking about these rioters and looters, is it a sin to have thoughts of squadrons of A-10's and the theme from Apocalypse Now blaring from all of the rooftops?

It is human to have those thoughts, and anyone that doesn’t have those thoughts isn’t human. Two wrongs never make right, we all know that.

But as humans we have a sin nature, so wishing bad upon fellow humans is to wish bad upon the very creation that God loves, so yes you could consider those thoughts sin. It is not Christian to say we need to just show love and not wish bad upon them, it is the power of Christ that allows us to openly say that. Expressing just mere Christian thoughts doesn’t make one a Christ follower, it is the act of accepting His grace while at the same time turning your life over to Him, which means we must have obedience to Him. Something tells me Jesus’s would not wish Bad upon those people, and simply see them as lost sheep. My guess is he would pray to His Father for them and their souls not to be lost to the evil one. Does that mean we need to go out to the riots and preach the good news of Jesus, not unless you are called to do so by Jesus. However, speaking and writing in ways that are contrary to what we know
Jesus would want is essentially going against His will, which is sin.