Beloved, do not avenge
yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is
Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. 20
. لاَ تَنْتَقِمُوا لأَنْفُسِكُمْ، أَيُّهَا
الأَحِبَّاءُ، بَلْ دَعُوا الْغَضَبَ لِلهِ، لأَنَّهُ قَدْ كُتِبَ: «لِيَ
الانْتِقَامُ، أَنَا أُجَازِي، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ». 20
Romans 12:19
To "avenge" is to take
satisfaction for an injury by inflicting punishment on the offender.
The command is, to avoid a spirit and
purpose of revenge. But this command in my
opinion is not to be so understood that we may not
seek for "justice" in a regular and proper way before civil
tribunals.
If our character is assaulted, if we are
robbed and plundered, if we are oppressed contrary to the law of the land,
Christianity does not require us to submit to such oppression and injury
without seeking our rights in an orderly and regular manner. If it did, it
would be to give a premium to iniquity, to countenance wickedness, and require
a person, by becoming a Christian, to abandon his/her rights.
I invite you to repeat the following prayer for
yourself:
Abba
Father, thank You for Your abundant blessings and Your deep, everlasting, and inseparable
love for me. Judgment
and vengeance is Yours Lord. Help me to forgive and to act in a Christ-like way without abandoning my rights.
In the
name of the only begotten Son of God, the King of kings
and Lord of lords, in the Holy Name of Jesus The
Christ, my Lord and Saviour, I pray. To Him be the
glory and the power and the dominion forever and ever and unto ages of all
ages. Amen.
Jesus loves you,
In Him,
Wagdi Henein
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