Month: September 2025

President Trump Disagreed With Charlie Kirk Loving His Enemies

Ken

Jesus famously said, “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you” (Matthew 5:44 KJV). He meant it, since He prayed on the Cross, while watching the soldiers gamble for His clothes. “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34). Jesus did not just talk the talk, but He walked the walk. 

Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, said at her husband’s funeral, “My husband Charlie, he wanted to save young men just like the one who took his life… On the cross, our Savior said, ‘Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.’ That man — that young man — I forgive him. I forgive him because it’s what Christ did, And it’s what Charlie would do.” 

At Charlie Kirk’s funeral, President Donald Trump said:

“In that private moment, on his dying day, we find everything we need to know about who Charlie Kirk truly was. He was a missionary with a noble spirit and a great, great purpose. He did not hate his opponents. He wanted the best for them. That’s where I disagreed with Charlie. I hate my opponent and I don’t want the best for them. I’m sorry. I am sorry, Erika. But now Erika can talk to me and the whole group and maybe they can convince me that that’s not right. But I can’t stand my opponent. Charlie’s angry. Look at that. He’s angry at me that he wasn’t interested in demonizing anyone. He was interested in persuading everyone to the ideas and principles he believed were good, right and true. Before each appearance, he prayed these words. God, use me for your will always said the same thing. Use me for your will. And that is exactly what God did when you think that’s exactly what he did. The more success Charlie had and he was getting more and more successful, the more dangerous his mission became on campuses all over the country, his quest for open dialog was met with menacing hate.” 

Let us remember Christ’s words and Erika Kirk’s example. May our President be open to the words of Erika Kirk and the leading of the Spirit of Jesus.

“I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.” (1Timothy 2:1-2).

How To Tell If You Are Being Told The Truth

Ken

“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32 KJV). Everyone claims to have the truth, and even Artificial Intelligence can manufacture or “hallucinate” the truth quite convincingly. Don’t believe anything you hear or even what I say unless you can verify it for yourself. “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so” (Acts 17:11). 

Jesus told Pontius Pilate, “Every one that is of the truth heareth My voice” (John 18:37). To which Pilate replied, “What is truth?” (18:38), then he had Jesus scourged (19:1) and crucified (19:16). 

Jesus revealed the formula for determining how to arrive at the truth. 

“If any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of Myself” (John 7:17 KJV). Or, “If anyone wants to do God’s will, he will know about My teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from My own authority” (7:17 NET). 

If you are willing to do whatever you understand to be “God’s will” (7:17 NET), then you “will know” (7:17 NET) the truth. 

Your willingness to do the will of God is both your opportunity to understand the truth and your safeguard from receiving lies. God has established the opportunity and safeguard to guarantee Truth Will Not Perish from the Earth. 

Your willingness is the key to understanding truth, so the Almighty has made His Spirit available. 

First, God’s Spirit has been promised to inspire us to obedience under His New Covenant. “And I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep My judgments, and do them” (Ezekiel 36:27).

Second, the Holy Spirit has been promised to those who “repent, and [are] baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost” (Acts 2:38). 

Third, the Spirit of God “which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13).

God has done all that is necessary to ensure you know the truth, so you can be accountable to obey it. 

What do you plan to do?

Forgiveness Is A Gift

Ken

If we view forgiveness of our sins as a right and not a gift, then we reduce salvation to justice owed to us by God. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV). Gratitude to God for forgiveness of our sins comes from understanding the burden of debt to God we incur, when we sin. “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23). Since sin is giving in to our dying flesh and promoting our own glory, then we have no one to blame but ourselves for transgressing God’s law of love (1John 3:4). And, If we feel our sins are all but necessitated by our circumstances in this world, then we become desensitized to the greatness of God’s forgiveness, as if we are doing Him a favor by repenting, citing 1John 1:9 as our insurance of forgiveness. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1John 1:9). In truth, it is “according to His [unearned] mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost” (Titus 3:5). We need the Holy Spirit to reset our understanding and renew our credentials about the true greatness of His gift of forgiveness. “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me” (Psalm 51:10). Father, all glory belongs to You for the greatness of Your gift of forgiveness granted us through Your Son. Truly create within us a new heart that Your Spirit may empower our lives to live boldly for You that Your Kingdom would come and Your will would be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. Lord Jesus, come quickly. In Your name, we pray. Amen.