If there is anything that is sad, it's that they are probably the loudest organization using the name of Jesus in our country, the majority of the time.
They do not represent the person of Jesus Christ. They do not represent the character of God as it is laid out in scripture.
They represent fear. They represent hatred. They represent pride. They represent selfishness. They represent self-seeking, self-serving initiatives. They represent a lust for fame. They represent a desire to instill fear and confusion about the character of God and the character of His children.
As far as their attack on a deceased Paul Walker...
What's the point?
Ever noticed how they only go after the famous or the deceased?
Everything that I've seen come out of WBC have been declarations of God's judgement. There's not even any really specific reason for judgement. Simply a declaration of judgement.
I did not have the privilege of knowing Mr. Walker. I think I watched most of his movies. I thought he was an entertaining actor. I did not follow him closely as far as his personal life was concerned, so I do not have an opinion of his moral fiber, his character, or the validity of his apparent claims of being a Christian.
I do have an opinion of the leadership of Westboro Baptist Church and the validity of their claims as followers of Jesus Christ.
I do not believe that they know Jesus.
I believe that they are used by the enemy as a distraction and as a tool to bring down the name of Jesus and the character of His Church.
I will not carry a picket sign, declaring where or how they will spend eternity. They will stand before the ultimate Judge and give an account. Whether that account be cut short by, "Depart from me, I never knew you," or whether it simply be in regards to their inability to accurately interpret scripture or their lack of desire to represent Jesus accurately, I cannot be sure.
This I do know.
God is not an evil Santa with a baseball bat. He is holy, and He is also loving. He is unchanging, and He is compassionate. He desires to have a relationship with people through the person of Jesus Christ. He commands us to convey His desire by loving others and revealing His love to them. Our love and compassion for them then being our part of the process that causes them to accept that relationship through faith, surrender, repentance.
Hatred and condemnation are never revealed to us in scripture as part of the ministry of the church.
Satan is the accuser. Jesus is not.
And maybe that's what it boils down to.
Our pride causes us to prefer accusation to encouragement, bitterness to kindness, hatred to love.
These are characteristics of the great eternal loser. The enemy of The Almighty. The prince of darkness.
Accusing "church people" are not shining a light into the darkness. They are promoting that darkness.
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