3-Minute Devotions with Charles Spurgeon by Charles Spurgeon

Author:Charles Spurgeon [Spurgeon, Charles]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-63409-125-1
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2015-07-30T16:00:00+00:00

Vengeance Is Reserved for God

Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

ROMANS 12:19 KJV

Never in any way, directly or indirectly, avenge yourselves. For any fault that is ever done to you, the Master says to you, “Resist not evil.” In all things bend, bow, yield, submit.

Brother, the most splendid vengeance you can ever have is to do good to those who do evil to you and to speak well of those who speak ill of you. They will be ashamed to look at you; they will never hurt you again if they see that you cannot be provoked except it be to greater love and larger kindness. This ought to be the mark of Christians; not “I will have the law reprimand you” or “I will avenge myself,” but “I will bear and forbear even to the end.”

“Vengeance is mine. I will repay, saith the LORD.” Do not take that into your hand which God says belongs to Him, but as He for Christ’s sake has forgiven you, so also forgive all those who do you wrong.

“How long am I to do that?” one asks. “I would not mind doing it three or four times.” There was one of old who would go the length of six or seven, but Jesus Christ said “unto seventy times seven.” That is a very considerable number. You may count whether you have yet reached that amount, and if you have, you will now be glad to begin again, still forgiving, even as God for Christ’s sake has forgiven you.

God, I want justice for wrongs committed against me. When I desire to see a wrongdoer pay, please speak to my heart. Help me to release my anger to You. I will do it for You, Father. Amen.

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