FACTS? Wed night prayer meeting Shooter stayed for one hour before starting to shoot 9 people killed, including the pastor Shooting was racially motivated Shooter said he almost changed his mind

What does the Bible say about… RACIAL HATRED: Proverbs 24:23”These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.” Malachi 2:10 “Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?” Galatians 3:28”There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.” Acts 17:26, Acts 10:34-35, Galatians 3:28, Colossians 3:11, James 2:1-4, Ephesians 2:14, (Also…the Bible does not support slavery. It tells stories of people who were slaves, but never supports it. The Bible says to pay people for their work, and to be kind and fair with all workers. )

CHRISTIAN RESPONSE to what happened: FORGIVENESS & LOVE! Matthew 5:44King James Version (KJV) 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; GUNS: The Bible is not against defending yourself. The U.S.Constitution gives the right to bear arms to every American. (2012 S.C.) This story from CNS news reports:(2007)story from CNS news "Many people are expressing relief that a volunteer security guard used her own gun to stop a man on a shooting spree Sunday. "She probably saved over 100 lives," …New Life Church in Colorado Springs

Isaiah 14:12-14 (WHAT SATAN SAID) 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Philippians 2:5-8 (WHAT JESUS SAID) 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.