I was reading the Chicago Tribune online today and read an article about a man who killed his pregnant daughter, son-in-law and grandson by burning down their apartment. He said he did this because his daughter married without his blessing. Besides killing his daughter and her family, he also put several other families out on the streets as the whole building was destroyed. The family is one of Indian immigrants.
I clicked on the discussion board to see what people were saying about this tragedy. I was appalled at the racial prejudice and stereotyping that I read. The people who commented on this tragedy had lots to say about the religion of the man who committed these murders. They had lots to say about immigration. They contended that people of Hindu and Muslim background should not be allowed into America.
Now you listen to me.
The fact that the perpetrator of murder in this story was a Hindu is besides the point. Murder is not a Hindu problem or a Muslim problem. It is not even a Caucasian problem. Murder is a sin problem.
Sin leads to rebellion against God and against his absolute moral law. Murder has been in existence in this world since the Cain murdered his brother Abel. It didn’t take long for murder to enter the human heart and will; it came to pass with the second generation of humanity.
Murder is usually seen as the measure of evil, and “Well, at least I’ve never killed anyone” has become the justification of many to say that they deserve to go to heaven (regardless of their real relationship to God). Jesus said that if you hate somebody you have already committed murder in your heart.
Sin is the root of evil and suffering.
The only way to escape the sinful human nature is to be born again by giving over your life to God and receiving Christ as Savior. Because of the work of Christ, we can be free from the reign of these things in our lives.
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