Sunday, July 24, 2005

Death of a Palestinian

I was asked this question by a friend of mine--“young Palestinians(10-18) who are bumping themselves with explosives thinking that they are doing it in the name of "halah"(I am assuming this is what they have been told). Are they accountable for their acts in Heaven or the Lord may forgive them?
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Romans 10:1-3 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

This is the Apostle Paul’s comment concerning his ethnic group, the Jews.
➢As he says in other places, they had the Word of God, but they were wrong in how they tried to apply it.
➢They thought they knew what God wanted, but they were wrong.
➢ They thought they knew how to please God, but they were wrong.
➢They thought they were right, but they were wrong.
They were still sinners and had fallen short of God’s plan for their lives—Romans 3:23.

Even though the Jews of Paul’s day were led astray by their religious leaders they were guilty. True—the leaders would be judged—and more severely than an average person. A judgment falls on all sinners—Jew, Gentile, Muslim, Pagan, etc.—the wages of sin is death (eternal separation from God).

Apply that to the question you posed “young Palestinians(10-18 yo) who are bumping themselves with explosives thinking that they are doing it in the name of "halah"(I am assuming this is what they have been told). Are they accountable for their acts in Heaven or the Lord may forgive them? “

Substitute “young Palestinian” into the Romans 10:1-3
Romans 10:1-3 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for young Palestinians is, that young Palestinians might be saved.
For I bear them record that young Palestinian have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
For young Palestinians being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

I think that Paul himself has answered your question.

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