Revenge Is Not Yours To Take! (10-20-09) http://godsmercy.net/topic/1869/t/Revenge-Is-Not-Yours-To-Take-10-20-09-.html en-us Copyright 2006, Kickapps feeds@kickapps.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@kickapps.com (WebMaster) Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:11:34 GMT Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:08:35 GMT Kickapps Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://kickapps.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://kickapps.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://kickapps.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Re: Revenge Is Not Yours To Take! (10-20-09) ]]> http://godsmercy.net/reply/3655/t/Revenge-Is-Not-Yours-To-Take-10-20-09-.html#reply-3655 feeds@kickapps.com (David) http://godsmercy.net/sreply/3655 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:08:35 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Revenge Is Not Yours To Take! (10-20-09) ]]> http://godsmercy.net/reply/3654/t/Revenge-Is-Not-Yours-To-Take-10-20-09-.html#reply-3654 David wrote:

We don't need to prove anything except our faith.

And we prove our faith by obeying the Lord. Turning the other cheek...forgiving those who sin against us...and all that good stuff. And then there is that "Revenge is mine," saith the Lord, "I will repay". (Romans 12:19). If we are even trying to take revenge, we are not obeying the Lord.

]]> feeds@kickapps.com (lori) http://godsmercy.net/sreply/3654 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:42:08 PST <![CDATA[ Revenge Is Not Yours To Take! (10-20-09) ]]> http://godsmercy.net/topic/1869/t/Revenge-Is-Not-Yours-To-Take-10-20-09-.html "Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I [am] the LORD." Leviticus 19:18 (KJV)

Before I started studying my Bible, I used to think that the Lord would want me to get revenge... I thought it was "justice." I can't say I got my revenge, but I sure thought about it a lot. When I read the Bible finally, I saw that my ways were not the Lord's ways. We were made in the image of the Lord, and we do get some of His traits like a parent who loves their child has a trait of the Lord. But not all of our traits are from Him, we also naturally sin and we have to be able to distinguish the difference. Revenge isn't a business we should be in! Let the Lord avenge us, because He is able to judge righteously. He knows what needs to be done.

The best thing we can do is love. If somebody does us wrong and we still show love towards them, then that has the power to... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (David) http://godsmercy.net/topic/1869 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:11:34 PST