There was an interesting and shocking article in the Good Weekend on Saturday. It was about a man who had murdered both his parents and brother. It was a horrific crime – the mother and brother stabbed 17 times and all lit on fire. The man blamed his brother for killing his parents when in actual fact he had killed them all.
A GP was asked, ‘How could this have happened in a normal family?’ The reply – ‘Normal people don’t kill people’. The forensic psychiatrist disagreed saying, ‘Anybody can do anything... don’t for a moment think you’re immune from being a criminal... Our motives vary but that aptitude to kill is within us all in the right circumstances.’
I know that every human is born as a slave to sin. I like to pretend sometimes that sin and evil aren’t really that bad. But I think the psychiatrist is right. All of us are capable of horrific things if we’re enslaved to sin and the devil. I need to remember the reality and horrific nature of sin and evil and thank God all the more for forgiveness and salvation in Christ.
Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation… Col 1:21-22
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