By Michaela Gordoni
THE CHOSEN creator Dallas Jenkins shared how he hopes Americans will respond since Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
“I’ve realized politics is ultimately not the answer…,” Jenkins explained in an interview with CBN. “It doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be involved, but it’s not the ultimate capital A answer. And so my prayer for this country is that we would answer the question the existential questions in the same way Charlie did.”
“When Charlie was asked, ‘What do you want to be remembered for?’ or whatever he was asked about, like, ‘What’s the ultimate?’ It wasn’t…I want to make sure that Republicans get elected as president.’ That was never the number one thing,” Jenkins continued.
The number one thing was the question of “Who are you?” or “Whose are you?” and Kirk knew he belonged to God.
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“…The godhead who came to earth as a human being and taught us not only in his humanity but in his divinity what it means to be holy and what it means to pursue righteousness even if we’ll never get there on this side of eternity. And so my prayer for this country is that we will continually be steered towards and pushed towards a reliance on God and his word and not on the affairs of men,” the director said.
“And when we are concerned more about the affairs of men and women and about these debates than we are in fact concerned about what God thinks about our hearts and our relationship with Him, it leads to things like this because we as human beings are incapable of righteous living,” Jenkins explained. “We are incapable of being selfless to the extent that Christ was. And so that’s who we are supposed to be pursuing.”
Jenkins prays that everyone will turn towards the Creator.
“And that things like this wouldn’t result in either of two things. One, trying for revenge, trying to fight harder. And two, an increased resistance to God,” he added. “I’m hoping that this draws us closer to God and that we think that yes, God is here in the midst of suffering.”
Should Christians be involved in politics?
Jenkins told CBN he believes dangerous rhetoric may have influenced Kirk’s murder.
“That’s how some people literally think of Charlie Kirk, or Donald Trump, or conservative Christians — as existential and literal threats to their lives,” Jenkins said. “And they use terms like ‘evil,’ and ‘Nazi’ and whatnot.” He warned that everyone, whether Democrat or Republican, should stray away from inflammatory rhetoric.
Others, like the American Enterprise Institute, have come to the same conclusion.
“Charlie Kirk’s assassination is the endpoint of this failure to act. It is what happens when warnings are dismissed and violence is excused as ‘just politics,’” AEI wrote the day after Kirk’s assassination. “…The line between speech and violence has been crossed. Universities must decide whether they will be sanctuaries of learning or incubators of hate.”
As the world still reels from Kirk’s death, it’s important that we remember who we are as children of God and handle strong feelings with kindness.
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