Wednesday, 19 July 2017

July 19 Devotion - Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says the Lord.



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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