The news of Charlie Kirk’s death has shaken many, not only in America but also here in Britain.
Mr. Kirk had always spoken of the importance of creating spaces where people could have real conversations where faith, truth, and even criticism of Christianity could be discussed openly.
His passing has now brought into sharper focus the rising hostility faced by Christians who dare to stand firm in public debate.
Christians are commanded not to return hate for hate but to love even those who persecute us. Kirk’s example — engaging with those who disagreed with him was a reminder that the Gospel is never advanced by silence or retreat, but by faithful witness.
Matthew 5:44 But I say unto you, 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.
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The hatred of the left
The events surrounding Oxford Union and the grotesque celebration of Charlie’s death by The president-elect of the Union reveal something deeper.
George Abaraonye sent a celebratory message around a WhatsApp group chat after the news that Mr Kirk had been shot during an event at Utah Valley University. The leaked messages have been widely shared on social media.
They show Mr Abaraonye writing: Charlie Kirk got shot, left f**** go”. A separate message, believed to be from his Instagram account, read:
“Charlie Kirk got shot loool” – an elongated version of the “laugh out loud” acronym.
The Oxford Union was, lest we forget, founded in 1823 as a civilised debating society. Even today, it boasts that it is at the most prestigious debating society in the world, whose roots lie in free speech.
Just three months ago the Late Mr. Kirk was in that same Oxford Union, speaking with the students, sharing his views, even being interviewed by George Abaraonye.
All the time George was debating with Charlie Kirk at the Oxford Union, acting quite reasonably, asking him civilised questions, he harboured this visceral hatred for Charlie Kirk in his heart.
There is Charlie talking innocently to someone who will gleefully celebrate his death just weeks later. But the ghoulish delight of George Abaraonye is widespread among the godless left.
Social media is seething like maggots on a carcase with expressions of hatred for Charlie Kirk and elation at his murder.
There is footage online of pro-abortion students at the University of Montana laughing about Charlie Kirks death.
The celebrations of the death of this young Christian father-of-two who believes the Bible and expounds its truth carefully and reasonably even reached into the United States Congress, where Democrats disrupted a minute silence.
Why did they hate the Lord?
Our Lord Jesus was hated because he exposed and opposed evil deeds.
John 7:7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
Number two is when the Lord was sending his disciples out into the world, in chapter fifteen:
John 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
This week we saw the hatred of the world for the testimony of Jesus and for his followers played out firstly in an assassination bullet and then in the gleeful celebration among the wicked which followed the news that a man of God had been murdered.
Uncomfortable parallels
There are uncomfortable parallels with the joy expressed by Muslims and leftists after the massacre of Jews on 7th October 2023.
There is a demonic spirit at loose here, taking pleasure in and deriving power from the shedding of innocent human blood.
What draws the atheists and the Muslims together is this word from Proverbs, where the wisdom of God is speaking.
Prov 8:36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
We have seen that in our day with our own eyes. We have seen Muslims loving the death of Jews and now Secularists loving the death of a Christian evangelist and prophet.
We might want the world to engage in reasonable dialogue, just as Charlie Kirk advocated, and maybe that should be our prayer and it should certainly be how we go about things, but we must never think the world is actually like that.
The Lord Jesus said:
John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Standing firm in truth
Charlie Kirk’s legacy must be more than headlines about his death. It must challenge us to speak boldly, to love truthfully, and to stand firmly for Christ in a world that despises Him.
We cannot allow fear or hostility to silence us. The Gospel is still “the power of God unto salvation”, and Christians must be prepared to carry it into every arena, even where we are hated most.
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