Psalm 23, Psalm 94John 14:1-3 and Revelation 7:13-17

A Scriptural Sermon ForOne Who Died Through Violence

Sometimes we need the refuge of familiar Scripture. There's nothing more obscene than the wanton taking of a human life, and so, in the face of that obscenity, we look to Scripture.

I'm not here to defend God or to address the question, "Why do such things happen?" They happen because of human sinfulness, and they grieve God. God's own Son died a violent death, and so have other faithful people through the ages.

It's not explanations we look for, and no explanation is sufficient. Even the psalmist prays to God for vengeance. Of the evil people of the world, the psalmist says, "[God] will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe th…