The People’s Revival

Charlie Kirk’s “Perfect Law” Meets Christ’s Perfect Love

1. The Scene They Both Quote

Charlie Kirk invoked Leviticus 18 and 20, where the ancient law declares:

“If a man lies with a man as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death.”

He called this “God’s perfect law when it comes to sexual matters.”

That’s not new rhetoric; it’s the oldest trap in religion — to invoke divine law as a weapon rather than a mirror.

The Pharisees did the same thing when they dragged a woman caught in adultery before Jesus.

The law was clear: stone her.

They weren’t wrong legally.

They were wrong theologically.

2. The Confrontation: Law Meets Its Maker

John 8:3-11 records it:

“The teachers of the law brought in a woman caught in adultery.

They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus,

‘In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?’”

Jesus doesn’t quote Leviticus.

He doesn’t defend the statute.

He bends down into the dust — the same dust Adam came from — and starts writing redemption where religion had written death.

When they press Him, He stands and says the line that shattered every legalist in the crowd:

“Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone.”

One by one, they drop their rocks and leave.

When they’re gone, He asks her,

“Where are your accusers?”

“No one, Lord.”

“Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more.”

The crowd wanted blood.

Jesus offered mercy.

And in that moment, grace overruled law.

3. The Kingdom Principle: Grace Supersedes Judgment

Jesus didn’t call the Law imperfect — He called mercy its fulfillment.

He didn’t abolish holiness — He revealed its heart.

Holiness without mercy is tyranny.

Law without love is death.

To call the Levitical death penalty “God’s perfect law” is to forget that God’s perfection is revealed at the cross, not in the stones.

The cross is where every law finds its limit and every sinner finds a second chance.

4. The Real Test of Theology

If your “gospel” would have thrown that first stone, it’s not the gospel of Christ.

If your theology kills before it heals, it’s not holy — it’s idolatry.

If your religion upholds death when Jesus offered life, you’ve sided with the crowd, not the Christ.

6. The People’s Revival Reading

Jesus was the only one in that story qualified to throw a stone — and He refused.

That’s the difference between religious power and divine authority.

God’s perfect law was never meant to glorify punishment — it was meant to expose need.

And Christ fulfilled it, not by killing sinners, but by dying in their place.

Grace is the final word of God’s law.

Not the stoning of the guilty, but the staying of the hand.

Not death for sin, but death of shame.

7. The Verdict

When Charlie Kirk calls a death sentence “perfect,” he reveals the spirit of the crowd that brought the woman to Jesus — self-assured, self-righteous, blind to its own sin.

When Jesus refused to condemn, He revealed the heart of God — holy enough to judge, loving enough to pardon.

So the choice is clear:

You can quote Leviticus, or you can follow Jesus.

But you cannot do both at once.