To fully understand terrorism, we must comprehend the meaning of living in darkness and under the influence of the god of this world. Paul writes in 2nd Corinthians chapter 4 that the glory and light of Christ is veiled to those who are blinded by the god of this world; and they are perishing. He writes In 1st Corinthians 2 that to an unbeliever the things of the Spirit of God are foolishness and the unbeliever cannot understand them because it takes spiritual discernment. Other verses that help explain terrorism are found in Ecclesiastes chapter 8:11.
Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil, and in Proverbs 29:18 where one has no vision he lives an unrestrained and directionless life and he invariably perishes. We, as believers, should be disappointed and grieved, but not surprised when a movie that glorifies the desecration of a woman sets box office records. More and more of our young people get caught up in the dropout culture of catering to the flesh or when they flock to causes that allow them to cast off all restraints to fully do evil.
When Jesus called Lazarus from the tomb, he told the spectators to unbind him and let him go, i.e. cut him loose and set him free. The same for us. Jesus calls us out of a life of death and bondage into the glory of his life which is the image of God (i.e. to live the life of God). Jesus came that we might have life and have it abundantly, that we might be saved, set free from the dominion of our flesh and self-centeredness, that we might lay down our cross and take up His and that we would grow to love one another as much as we love ourselves.
A redeemed man’s supernatural anointing is God’s Spirit which enables him live a life that exhibits the fruit of this Holy Spirit. God promises to order the steps of his children and to give them vision. Acts 2:17: "And it shall be in the last days, God says, I will pour forth of my Spirit upon all mankind and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy and your young men shall see visions and your old men shall dream dreams." Jesus stated that He is the light of life and when following Him we too would have these same revelations and do greater works than those that He did.
What a wonderful privilege to be able to appraise things with spiritual understanding, to have vision and to freely love one another without the need to control, judge and force our will on one another.
