Working with Offense, Part 3 (TMF:1819)

Thursday, March 31, 2022
Peace to Live By: Working with Offense, Part 3 (TMF:1819) - Daniel Litton
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       Verse 19: “Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” Unfortunately, as I just talked about, it is true that not only can unbelievers offend us, but probably more frequently it is going to be the case that a believer has offended us. Yup; that’s the unfortunate truth. This being said, what is fortunate for us is that we get to choose how we are going to respond to people who hurt us. Notice Paul said we are to leave our offenses with God. It’s not that God isn’t concerned when others do things against us. He doesn’t sit up on his throne and say, “I don’t care about your problem. You need to get over that and move on.” No, on the contrary, God does care.