Charlie Kirk Death: How Christians Should Respond

The Assassination That's Shaking Christian America

On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk was assassinated. A man who fearlessly stood on college campuses, debating social issues and boldly proclaiming the gospel. A political activist who used his platform to talk about Jesus. Now his wife, children, and millions of followers are left grappling with this senseless act of violence.

But here's what's been troubling me even more: people are celebrating his death. They're rejoicing that a father, a husband, an American who dared to speak his convictions has been silenced. And it's not just Charlie Kirk—Pastor Benjamin Francis was shot to death on September 14th. Pastor Felipe Asencio from San Diego was killed in his home on September 16th. Violence is erupting over disagreements, and people are dying for their beliefs.

As your pastor, I don't typically chase headlines. I prefer going verse by verse through books of the Bible. But when something like this happens, we need to get into God's Word and re-calibrate our hearts. Because if you're going to contend for the faith in this world, you need to know how to respond biblically.

Why This Biblical Truth Must Guide Our Response

Let me back up to the 1500s for a moment. John Calvin—the reformer Calvinism is named after—had Michael Servetus burned at the stake. Why? Servetus disagreed with Calvin about the Trinity. Zwingli's followers drowned Felix Manz because he believed in believer's baptism instead of infant baptism.

Who did these things? Protestants. Catholics did it too—they fought and killed each other for centuries over theological disagreements. But we Baptists? We've never executed or assassinated anyone for disagreeing with us theologically. Never.

Now we're in America, founded on freedom of speech and belief. We're supposed to debate in the public square without persecution. Yet here we are, watching people die for their convictions.

The Bible tells us exactly why this happens. Psalm 36:1 says: "The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes." When there's no fear of God, there's no genuine love. Not for the Lord, and certainly not for humanity.

Charlie Kirk understood something crucial from Matthew 10:34: "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword." He knew it's absolutely impossible to contend for the faith and be at peace with wicked people. You can't do both.

What Every Christian Desperately Needs to Know

Look at Romans 8:35-37: "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us."

Charlie Kirk knew that God's enemies viewed him as a sheep worthy of slaughter. That's how they view all Christians. In their twisted minds, they celebrate when a believer falls because they think justice has been served.

But God's Word is crystal clear about how we should respond. Psalm 37 gives us four commands instead of fretting:

1. Trust in the Lord (v.3)

2. Delight yourself in the Lord (v.4)

3. Commit your way unto the Lord (v.5)

4. Rest in the Lord (v.7)

Then comes the hard part. Romans 12 tells us three times not to seek revenge:

• "Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not" (v.14)

• "Recompense to no man evil for evil" (v.17)

• "Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord" (v.19)

Do you realize how hard these verses are to swallow when innocent blood has been shed? Proverbs 6:16-17 tells us God hates "hands that shed innocent blood." Charlie Kirk was an innocent man. His blood was shed by hate—real hate, not the "hate" they claim comes from words. Words aren't violent. A man with a gun killing another human—that's hate.

Your Biblical Action Plan for Responding

When your heart is crying out "How long, O Lord?" remember Psalm 13:1: "How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?" This isn't lack of faith—it's honest grieving. You can cry out to God with hard questions and still trust Him.

Here's what we must do:

1. Remember the Cross The greatest injustice in history—Christ's crucifixion—became the source of salvation. The cross doesn't minimize pain; it offers hope that suffering isn't meaningless. We just have limited perspective.

2. Bear Each Other's Burdens Galatians 6:2 says: "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ." Sometimes the answer isn't an explanation—it's presence. It's saying, "I don't know why this happened, but I'm here for you."

3. Focus on Eternity When Jesus addressed tragedy in Luke 13:3, He didn't explain why towers fall and kill innocent people. He said: "Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish." The urgency isn't figuring out why—it's making sure we're right with God.

4. Trust God's Ultimate Justice Romans 8:18 promises: "For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."

Young people, listen carefully: If you're going to contend for the faith like Charlie Kirk did, don't expect life to be peachy and rosy. Expect persecution. But also know this—when a believer dies, they don't really die. They go home. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. Our tears are for us and their families, not for them.

The tension between believing in God's goodness while experiencing tragedy won't be resolved this side of heaven. But we walk by faith, knowing that God will wipe away all tears. In the meantime, we trust, delight, commit, and rest in Him.

🔥 This blog barely scratches the surface of this powerful message. To fully understand how God's Word addresses the Charlie Kirk tragedy and persecution of believers, you need to hear the complete expository preaching of these passages.

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