Daily Devotional for Thursday April 3, 2025

Why are people supporting illegal monsters? and, What does God say about the death penalty?

DAILY DEVOTIONAL THURSDAY APRIL 3, 2025

(Genesis 9:6; Exodus 21:12; Leviticus 24:17; Numbers 35:16, Numbers 35:31; Deuteronomy 19:11; Proverbs 28:17)

***PERSONAL MESSAGE FOR YOU FROM BILL KELLER: Read the 30th Psalm 3x. Pray and meditate on each and every word. It is God's GIFT to YOU today!!!

**DAILY PERSONAL PRAYER FOR YOU: Dear Lord, please watch over me today and keep me from all harm. I look to You for protection from the evil in this world. Father, You know my challenges today. I give them to You. Let me be about Your business today, as I know You will be about mine. In the name of Jesus I pray...AMEN!!!

***THE DAILY LIVEPRAYER TV NUGGET: The corporate media is losing their mind over a “Maryland father” who accidentally got shipped to that great prison in El Salvador. According to the media, led by the dishonest garbage rag The Atlantic this is why ALL deportations must be stopped! My guess is you will not be hearing about this “Maryland father” much longer. Why? BECAUSE THE TRUTH THE MEDIA DIDN’T TELL PEOPLE IS THIS “MARYLAND FATHER” IS FIRST OF ALL AN ILLEGAL! THIS “MARYLAND FATHER” IS ALSO A MEMBER OF MS13! THIS “MARYLAND FATHER” IS A GANGBANGER INVOLVED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING! We were told he has a wife who is a US citizen and child. That is true. He did marry a woman he has a child with while IN PRISON. Maybe this “Maryland father” should have thought about his wife and child while he was working for MS13! Bottom line he is an ILLEGAL, he is no longer in this country, and HE IS NOT COMING BACK! Look at how sick the Democratic Party, the globalists, those who hate President Trump have become. They have been reduced to supporting and advocating for illegal criminals who rob, rape, and murder US citizens. As they ponder why they lost in November, I would suggest starting with their support for ILLEGAL MONSTERS! Also, AG Pam Bondi issued a statement that the US will seek the death penalty if Luigi Mangione who stalked and executed in cold blood the CEO of a major health care corporation is convicted of murder. Sadly, social media went crazy with people upset over this decision, as there is a significant percentage (probably in the 25% range) who support Mangione and believe he was justified in killing this health care CEO. Too many people cheer for evil and have zero respect for life that comes from God!

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***THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL IS FROM JULY 29, 2019. IT IS THE PERFECT MESSAGE TO COINCIDE WITH TODAY’S TV NUGGET ON THOSE WHO SUPPORT ILLEGAL MONSTERS WHO HAVE INVADED OUR COUNTRY AND THE ISSUE OF THE DEATH PENALTY. TO UPDATE THIS ISSUE OF THE FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY, THE ILLEGITIMATE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION REVOKED THE FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY. HOWEVER, UPON TAKING OFFICE PRESIDENT TRUMP ONCE AGAIN REINSTATED THE FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY.

(from July 29, 2019)

This past week, Attorney General Bill Barr reinstated the death penalty for the most heinous federal crimes. In the normal uproar whenever this issue is in the news, I found it interesting that the vast percentage of people denouncing the punishment of death for those who purposely and consciously choose to commit the most horrific crimes, are the very same people who advocate for and staunchly defend the slaughter of innocent babies!

THEY CRY OVER THE DEATH OF MONSTERS, BUT CHEER OVER THE DEATH OF ANGELS!!!

The fact is, if people don’t want the government to sentence a person to death when they commit the worst crimes imaginable they can have Congress outlaw it. Same goes for individual states. Currently there are 32 states where the death penalty is in effect. If people in those states don’t agree with the death penalty they can change the laws!

With the evil abortion industry pushing states to kill innocent babies for any reason at any time, even after a botched attempt where the baby is now out of the womb, I wanted to use this opportunity to share with you what the Bible says about capital punishment.

Many who oppose capital punishment say it is hypocritical to be opposed to abortion and yet, support capital punishment. That is an apples and oranges argument! Abortion is the killing of an innocent life. Capital punishment is the killing of someone who is guilty of a serious crime against society. You cannot even argue the two, because one deals with an innocent life, the other deals with a guilty life.

The baby killed in the womb did nothing wrong and made no CHOICE to cause their death. The person who is put to death by the state, CHOSE to commit the heinous crime that society deemed punishable by death. Another false argument is that capital punishment is not a deterrent to others from committing the same kinds of horrible crimes. It is not supposed to be a deterrent! It is the penalty society deems appropriate for those who have CHOSEN to commit the most heinous of crimes against society.

You see, capital punishment has a very solid basis from scripture and ultimately is a decision each society must determine. One of the wonderful things about our country is that we can change laws that we feel are not acceptable. For those who disagree with capital punishment, you have the right to disagree. However, God's Word is our final authority on all matters, and you cannot ignore the Biblical predicate for capital punishment.

Back in 2002 in the early years of Liveprayer, I dealt with the execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. If all accounts of what he felt in his heart in his last days on earth are correct, he rejected God and is eternally separated from Him. NOT because of his heinous and horrific crime in killing 168 innocent people, but for rejecting Jesus Christ. I was saddened to hear a pastor of a United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City across from where the Murrah Federal Building once stood, say on national TV that God would never forgive Timothy McVeigh.

That is NOT what the Bible says. The fact is, ANYONE, the "whosoever" of John 3:16, that truly repents of their sins and accepts Jesus Christ by faith will be saved, even someone who committed such horrible crimes as Timothy McVeigh or Clayton Lockett. That does not mean they could escape the earthly punishment for their actions, but that God would forgive them of their sins if they asked Him to, just like He will forgive anyone who asks Him to. The choice he made is the same choice we all must make in this life, to have our sins washed away and accept God's gift of everlasting life by faith through faith in Jesus Christ, or reject it.

any have trouble accepting this truth. They have trouble accepting the fact that someone like a Timothy McVeigh or a Clayton Lockett could do something so heinous, yet still be eternally with God. But you see, we are ALL sinners. The Bible proclaims that ALL have sinned and fallen short of God's glory. In Ephesians chapter 2 it says "For it is by grace you have been saved, though faith... and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God...not by works, so that no one can boast."

You see my friend, God has made a way for everyone, even Timothy McVeigh to accept Christ by faith, repent of his sins, and be born again. Even though you may not have done anything as horrible as McVeigh did, the fact is you are still a sinner and you will be eternally separated from God when this journey is over unless you come to know Jesus as your personal savior.

I love you and care about you so much. The killing of innocent babies and the killing of a person convicted of the most heinous crimes society has deemed to be worthy of death ARE NOT THE SAME THING! These are two totally different issues. The Bible clearly teaches killing an innocent baby is murder and also teaches death is a just punishment for a person convicted of making the conscience choice to commit an act heinous enough the state says is punishable by death.

The incredible truth of the Gospel is that even those who commit the most horrific crimes can still repent and ask the Lord to forgive them. Christ loves each one of us so much He died for our sins. If you have never accepted Jesus as your Savior, He is standing at the door of your heart today and knocking!!! It is no accident you are reading these words. I am praying that you will open your heart to Jesus and let Him in.

Plan of Salvation and video altar call: https://liveprayer.com/media/altarcall.mp4

In His love and service,

Your friend and co-laborer in His work,

Bill Keller