"This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!" (2 Cor. 5:17 NLT)

"For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. I will be found by you,” says the Lord. “I will end your captivity and restore your fortunes. I will gather you out of the nations where I sent you and will bring you home again to your own land.” (Jeremiah 29:11-14 NLT)

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Defeat Evil With Good


Romans 12:21New Living Translation (NLT)

21 Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good.

Christian love can never reciprocate by responding to sin with sin.  Christian love can never practice what is evil in order to pay back someone for the evil they have done to us.  This isn't speaking about justice, but about revenge.  Revenge is returning evil for evil.  Revenge is but the perpetuation of sin.  It is not overcoming sin, but being overcome by it.

 The Christian has been saved not to continue in sin but to demonstrate the righteousness of God in his daily life.  We are to live by God's standards and not those of men.  God's standards are perfect and higher than those of men. Revenge violates the standards of God, and violates the standards of society as well.  Revenge takes the law into its own hands.  This view is dangerous and unbiblical.

 Let us be conformed to His thoughts.  Let us obey Him by loving our enemies and seeking their benefit and ultimately seeking their salvation.
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