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Working with Offense, Part 4 (TMF:1820)

Friday, April 01, 2022
Peace to Live By: Working with Offense, Part 4 (TMF:1820) - Daniel Litton
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       No, on the contrary, God does care. He will take care of any vengeance that is necessary toward anyone with whom it is necessary. We have to turn any resentment over to God, and that can in certain instances be a very difficult thing for us to do. Especially if we are a person with a sense of justice, a person who desires to see justice always done, it can be particularly hard to let a person go. However, as I said, God will enact the due punishment that we want for the person in his timing. What we can do for people who have hurt us is to simply to be nice to them. I believe it is easier for us to be nicer to unbelievers at the times they hurt us because we can easily say, “Oh, they didn’t know any better. They’re not saved and don’t know the truth.” So, it can make it easier for us to excuse their bad behavior and treat them kindly. Now, with Christians who do something harmful to us, it can be a whole different story.

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.

Working with Offense, Part 2 (TMF:1818)

Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Peace to Live By: Working with Offense, Part 2 (TMF:1818) - Daniel Litton
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       Becoming offended is a trap, and it will cost us dearly in life if we are not careful. Being continually offended at someone can make us truly miserable. I believe one of Satan’s favorite things to do is to get us angry at people. He loves it when we are offended as we can take so much time thinking about the thing, the offense that was done against us, and we can become bitter at the person, or even group of people, who has done us wrong. Sometimes we have to just let an offense pass, and say nothing. That’s just the way it is going to be in dealing with others in our world. There will be times we offend others, unintentionally, and they are going to have to let us pass. This produces peace, keeps relationships moving along, and overtime builds stronger relationships.

Working with Offense, Part 1 (TMF:1817)

Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Peace to Live By: Working with Offense, Part 1 (TMF:1817) - Daniel Litton
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       We aren’t to repay anyone for a wrong done against us (and trust me, this will come). We are to consider what others think, and not do anything that might offend them (more on this in chapter 14). We are to have an honest, respectable reputation. We shouldn’t have a habit of finding fault with one another. Rather, as much as we possibly can, we are try to live in peace with everyone. Let me say this: offense is going to come from time to time. There are going to be multiple opportunities for you to become offended, even with fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. If you think you should never get offended by a brother or sister, you better think again. We need to learn how to deal with offense at the moment it comes to us, most of the time letting it pass right by us. Indeed, becoming offended is a trap, and it will cost us dearly in life if we are not careful. Being continually offended at someone can make us truly miserable.

Good Relations with Others (TMF:1816)

Monday, March 28, 2022
Peace to Live By: Good Relations with Others (TMF:1816) - Daniel Litton
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       The best way for God to win an unbeliever to Jesus Christ is for us to always love the individual, even when it can be hard for us to do so. If we walk off and curse some unbeliever who has done something hurtful to us, that surely isn’t going to help the person. Nah, love is what will cut through the turmoil. With the people at our church, or any Christians we have relationships with, we are rejoice with them, weep with them, live in harmony with them, associate with everyone (that is, we shouldn’t show bias based on popularity, money, or anything else). We shouldn’t be suck-ups with leaders in the church. We are to communicate with others (and not be making decisions without advice at times). Or, we could say we aren’t to think we are right about something questionable and act on it without a discussion with someone. Remember what I said about demons filling in the blanks for us (back during the second discussion on Romans 8).