”17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
18Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.”
But Jesus fulfilled it and brought us a new one.
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:(old testament law).
39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Real followers of Christ who do and teach as he says are generally hated by every side. You are either on Jesus' side or against him, and almost all are against him, whether "conservative" or "liberal".
He will indeed avenge them speedily. I had a cousin, tormented by a stepfather with connections to organized crime. The man was scum, a controlling sadist that my aunt was too downtrodden by to leave, and she was blinded to the way this bastard was destroying her relationships to everyone in her family. Her son was driven nearly to suicide. One night, after a particularly bad episode, my cousin was committed for observation for 24 hours, and I heard about this from my grandmother. I excused myself from the meal for a moment, and made an entreaty to the Lord my God. I prayed for haste. Whatever my aunt's husbands end would be, either salvation or damnation, I prayed that it happen immediately. I didn't care which, but I NEEDED it fast.
The following morning, on my way to work, I passed my Grandmother at the kitchen table. "Tony died last night," she said to me. I laughed, out loud. I couldn't believe it. Not an hour after my prayer, he simultaneously suffered a heart attack and a grand mal seizure, and the combination sent him into a fall from which he also suffered a blunt head trauma on the coffee table, he was dead when the paramedics arrived.
This is just a story from a guy on the internet, but that was the moment that I knew, I KNEW that God was paying attention, and that He hated injustice and cruelty just as much as is possible, and only restrains Himself from righting it all because He doesn't want to violate the lives of the free minded people He's created. But he does not ignore their Pleas, and waits for them.
I suppose we're supposed to forget all about Luke 22:36-38?
And He said to them, “But now, whoever has a money belt is to take it along, likewise also a bag, and whoever has no sword is to sell his coat and buy one. 37 For I tell you that this which is written must be fulfilled in Me, ‘And He was numbered with transgressors’; for that which refers to Me has its fulfillment.” 38 They said, “Lord, look, here are two swords.” And He said to them, “It is enough.”
Are you sure you're not one of those who number the Lord with transgressors?
I'm not sure what you are getting at with the transgressors part. That was simply fulfillment of old testament prophecy of Jesus.
This scripture is often very misunderstood. It is not telling his followers today to take up swords and defend themselves. He says right in that verse that the purpose of them buying those swords is so that Jesus would be accused of a crime and taken into custody, fulfilling prophecy. Immediately following this scene, we see peter draw his sword and Jesus tells him to put it away, saying "For all who live by the sword will die by the sword."
Love your enemies, turn the other cheek, do harm to no man, do not return evil with evil.
A sparrow does not die without gods consent, and he cares for you much more than a sparrow. No harm will come to you but that which god will allow. But we ought to rejoice when harm comes to is, because we are buying treasure in heaven. Blessed are those who are persecuted for Jesus' names sake.
Old testament:
But Jesus fulfilled it and brought us a new one.
Real followers of Christ who do and teach as he says are generally hated by every side. You are either on Jesus' side or against him, and almost all are against him, whether "conservative" or "liberal".
He will indeed avenge them speedily. I had a cousin, tormented by a stepfather with connections to organized crime. The man was scum, a controlling sadist that my aunt was too downtrodden by to leave, and she was blinded to the way this bastard was destroying her relationships to everyone in her family. Her son was driven nearly to suicide. One night, after a particularly bad episode, my cousin was committed for observation for 24 hours, and I heard about this from my grandmother. I excused myself from the meal for a moment, and made an entreaty to the Lord my God. I prayed for haste. Whatever my aunt's husbands end would be, either salvation or damnation, I prayed that it happen immediately. I didn't care which, but I NEEDED it fast.
The following morning, on my way to work, I passed my Grandmother at the kitchen table. "Tony died last night," she said to me. I laughed, out loud. I couldn't believe it. Not an hour after my prayer, he simultaneously suffered a heart attack and a grand mal seizure, and the combination sent him into a fall from which he also suffered a blunt head trauma on the coffee table, he was dead when the paramedics arrived.
This is just a story from a guy on the internet, but that was the moment that I knew, I KNEW that God was paying attention, and that He hated injustice and cruelty just as much as is possible, and only restrains Himself from righting it all because He doesn't want to violate the lives of the free minded people He's created. But he does not ignore their Pleas, and waits for them.
Yes
I suppose we're supposed to forget all about Luke 22:36-38?
Are you sure you're not one of those who number the Lord with transgressors?
I'm not sure what you are getting at with the transgressors part. That was simply fulfillment of old testament prophecy of Jesus.
This scripture is often very misunderstood. It is not telling his followers today to take up swords and defend themselves. He says right in that verse that the purpose of them buying those swords is so that Jesus would be accused of a crime and taken into custody, fulfilling prophecy. Immediately following this scene, we see peter draw his sword and Jesus tells him to put it away, saying "For all who live by the sword will die by the sword."
Love your enemies, turn the other cheek, do harm to no man, do not return evil with evil.
A sparrow does not die without gods consent, and he cares for you much more than a sparrow. No harm will come to you but that which god will allow. But we ought to rejoice when harm comes to is, because we are buying treasure in heaven. Blessed are those who are persecuted for Jesus' names sake.