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4 Lessons From The Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk

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4 Lessons From The Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk

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3 MIN READ ◦ DOUG GILES

Here’s four things that hit me after Charlie Kirk was assassinated yesterday.

ONE: Jesus said if you follow him you will be hated and some will be killed because of fidelity to Him and His word.

“If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.”
John 15:18
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“If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.”
John 15:24
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“But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’"
John 15:25
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“I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.”
John 17:14

What we witnessed with Charlie’s assassination was Cain & Abel all over again in Orem, Utah. The powers of darkness and those they have saddled are filled with murderous hatred towards those who are faithful to Christ.

“For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.”
1Jn.3:11-12

TWO: Run from hatred and unrighteous anger. Jesus, Paul and John state that hate and wrath leads to demonic darkness and murder.

“Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity.”
Eph.4:26-27

There's righteous anger, which is good, and there’s seething rage, which is evil and opens the door to the devil himself.

“But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.”
1Jn.2:11
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“Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.”
1Jn.3:15

THREE: Be bold. Don’t cave in. When the early church got persecuted, and some were killed for their faith, the disciples doubled down, prayed and arose and kept preaching the gospel and shaking cities for the glory of God.

“And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grant that Your bond-servants may speak Your word with all confidence, while You extend Your hand to heal, and signs and wonders take place through the name of Your holy [x]servant Jesus.” And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness”.
Acts 4:29-31
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“Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; in no way alarmed by your opponents—which is a sign of destruction for them, but of salvation for you, and that too, from God.”
Phil.1:27-28

FOUR: Pray imprecatory psalms against the powers of darkness. David did it. Moses did it. The prophets did it. Jesus did it. And Paul did it. These are not nice prayers. These are prayer bombs against the impenitent and implacable. Here’s one example in Psalm 3. Don’t just read it. Shout it out loud.

"O Lord, how my adversaries have increased! Many are rising up against me. Many are saying of my soul, “There is no deliverance for him in God.” But You, O Lord, are a shield about me, My glory, and the One who lifts my head. I was crying to the Lord with my voice, And He answered me from His holy mountain. lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord sustains me. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people Who have set themselves against me round about. Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God! For You have smitten all my enemies on the cheek; You have shattered the teeth of the wicked. Salvation belongs to the Lord; Your blessing be upon Your people!"

There are 108 more imprecations in the 150 Psalms. Get busy praying ‘em against the enemies of God and that which is holy, just and good.

RIP Charlie.

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Doug Giles is Pastor of Liberty Fellowship in Wimberley, TX, and is the founder of ClashDaily.com​

Follow Doug on Instagram and Twitter @TheArtOfDoug.

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Doug Giles is a pastor and a bestselling author and artist. Giles is also the founder of ClashDaily.com (300M+ page views). Follow Doug on Instagram and X @TheArtOfDoug.

Doug Giles is the host of The Doug Giles Podcast, the co-founder and co-host of the Warriors & Wildmen Podcast (1M+ downloads) and the man behind ClashDaily. com. In addition to driving ClashDaily.com (300M+ page views), Giles is the author of several #1 Amazon best- sellers. His book Psalms of War: Prayers That Literally Kick Ass (2021) spent 26 weeks at #1 on Amazon. In 2018, Giles was permanently banned from his two-mil- lion followers on Facebook.Doug is also an artist and a filmmaker, and his online gallery can be seen at DougGiles.Art. His first film, Biblical Badasses: A Raw Look at Christianity and Art, is available via DougGiles.Art.Doug’s writings have appeared in several other print and online news sources, including Townhall.com,The Washington Times,The Daily Caller, Fox Nation, Human Events, USA Today,The Wall Street Journal,The Washington Examiner, American Hunter Magazine, and ABC News.

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