Jeff Reynolds One desire: The Paris Attacks Baffle the Mind. Evil Will Not Win. LOVE Wins.

As much as we don't want to call anything evil.....

Killing a room full of people who are celebrating life in a concert is....?

EVIL.

Raping women and turning them into sex slaves in the name of anything is....?

EVIL

Beheading children because of their religion is....?

EVIL

It baffles the mind. EVIL.
In its most alarming forms it cannot be explained .

People look for ways to understand EVIL
But it cannot be understood.

It's as irrational as suicide. Just as hungry to destroy and devour.

Letting the cat out of the bag and calling things EVIL is scary for some.
It means we have to start looking at the way life goes and evaluating the process.
We start remembering things we've done that we are not proud to announce.
Our justice system does this all the time.
Exacting punishments for acts that rob, steal, kill and destroy the lives, freedom and blessings of others.

For the most part we all have a point at which evil becomes clear.
When it happens to us or those we love dearly.

The emptiness of loosing a friend, neighbor, family member, fellow citizen like hundreds did a few days ago in Paris, cannot be explained away.
The things that occured in Paris were perpetrated by people overcome with EVIL.
Unexplained in terms we normally function by or make normal and decent relationships by.

Evil Will Not Win. LOVE Wins.

Revelation 20:11-13

Jesus was brutalized at the hands of the world's powers, crucified, and buried.
Because he was sinless, the normal patterns of life and law did not apply.
Something remarkable occurred.
A righteous man died in our place. And God accepted that offering to satisfy the judgement and wrath that was swiftly moving toward us.
Then Jesus rose from death to show us that indeed he had defeated EVIL.

It still lingers. EVIL.
It still exacts a weighty toll on those who live for love now.
But one day EVIL will be over.
The Nazis' were defeated. Their day ended.
And the world drew deep breaths of relief and peace.
Those who put their faith in Jesus Christ will breath peace forever.
Eternity stretches out in the work and victory of Jesus Christ.
Peace is our inheritance.

Jesus will rule and reign in perfect peace and the love of God will be manifest in all relationships. Ephesians 1:9-10

But for now we are not yet in the fullness of all he did for the world.
It is coming to us each day in the lives of those who chose love over Evil.
Right now we called to follow the way of love. Called to eagerly desire to see his Spirit orchestrate love in the face of EVIL.

Through Jesus Christ and faith in him we can walk in love!