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My heart goes out to the Youth and Young Adult.
Matthew 7:1
"Judge not, that ye be not judged"
This morning, I found myself quite disturbed and becoming judgemental and mentally condemning a man I don't know personally to death because of the sins he confessed to law enforcement officials. I received several emails in reference to the story of Danny Platt confessing to murdering his 2-1/2 year old son and burying the toddler in a park. His motive? To avoid paying $4,000.00 in back child support.
This was truly a selfish act, but first and foremost it is sin.
Exodus 20:13; Deutoronomy 5:17; Mattew 5:21; Romans 13:9 "THOU SHALT NOT KILL".
Because I have such a strong love for children, I couldn't help but have a series of questions go through my mind.
1) Why do people continue to misuse, abuse and murder innocent children?
2) When such acts are committed against children, why is there NO remorse?
3) Why is it that more times than NOT, the people committing such outlandish crimes say "God told me to do it"?
I could only come up with one answer to all my questions.
Romans 1:28 - 32
28) And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a REPROBATE MIND , to do those things which are not convenient;
29) Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30) Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31) Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 32) Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
What price do they pay? Should they be put to death? Are they able to gain salvation being reprobates?
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