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Response to comment [from a Catholic]: "There's good news, though: Quote:'...He went ahead and laid down his life to save unborn children and to me that is the definition of a hero — he gave up his life to save someone else," said Rev. Don Spitz, of Chesapeake, Va.' Roeder's a hero."

Read your Bible next time (1 Pe 4:15).

He will suffer for his own wrong doing not for Christ.

Response to comment [from a Christian]: "This man - as misled as he was/is thought he was doing this to save babies ... "

"...Is God able to forgive a man like that?...[D]id God ever forgive a murderer, who simply murdered another person to hide his personal sins and for his own benefit?"

"This is a most remarkable verse of Scripture. Here is Wuest’s very fine translation of it: “Yet Michael, the archangel, when disPutin

g with the devil, arguing concerning the body of Moses, dared not bring a sentence that would impugn his dignity, but said, May the Lord rebuke you.”

Satan is a fallen creature and an avowed enemy of God, yet Michael, when contending about the body of Moses, would not bring a sentence that would inpugn the dignity of Satan. Michael even respected the position of Satan. Clement, one of the early church fathers, quotes from an apocryphal writing dealing with the funeral of Moses. When Michael was commissioned to bury Moses, Satan opposed it on the grounds that, since he was the master of the material and matter, the body belonged to him. Michael’s only answer was, “The Lord (that is, the Creator) rebuke thee.” Satan also brought the charge of murder against Moses. Also it is suggested that Satan wanted to hinder the later appearance of Moses at the Mount of Transfiguration.

Lucifer was a creature of God and apparently the highest creature that God created. And then evil was found in him. Don’t think that evil means that he went out and stole something. The evil that was in him was that he put his will against the will of God. He was lifted up by pride, and he wanted to become independent of God. He actually thought he could dethrone God—at least from part of His universe. As far as this world is concerned, God has permitted him to carry on this rebellion, and God has a high and holy purpose in it. But this creature still believes he will be able to take a segment of God’s created universe and be the ruler over it. I’m sure that Satan wants this earth as his.

“Yet Michael … durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.” Michael didn’t curse Satan. He didn’t call him a long list of names. I’m sure that many of us would have been perfectly willing to have done that. We really would have read the riot act to him, but Michael didn’t. Do you know why? Michael is an archangel, and all he did was to say, “The Lord rebuke you.” He didn’t go into a long tirade of epithets or of condemnation, although he could have. Why? Michael had respect unto his office, his position—Lucifer had been created the highest creature.

This is a lesson that you and I need to learn. A great many believers have not learned to bow even to God. My friend, you and I are creatures; He is the Creator. What right have you and I to question anything that He does? Don’t misunderstand me. If you think that I piously accept everything that comes my way, you are wrong. I talk back to Him many times, and I want to know why He lets certain things happen to me. Maybe you do that also. But we need to recognize that God is the Creator; He is also our Redeemer. He is the One who loves us. But our God is high, holy, and lifted up. He is a just and righteous God. He never makes any mistakes. He never does anything wrong. Everything He does is right and, therefore, you and I can trust Him. But do we do that? Do we respect His authority? Do we respect His person? In that day when men must give an account, the Lord Jesus Christ is going to say, “You said, ‘Lord, Lord,’ but you didn’t do the things I commanded. Each one went his own way and did that which was right in his own eyes.” This is the picture of mankind. How about you? How about me today? What a lesson Michael the archangel is to us!"

McGee, J. V. (1997, c1981). Thru the Bible commentary. Based on the Thru the Bible radio program. (electronic ed.) (5:861-862). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.