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Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”
Proverbs 29:24-26. Easy-to-Read Version. 24 You are your own worst enemy if you take part in a crime. You will not be able to tell the truth even when people threaten you. 25 Fear can be a trap, but if you trust in the Lord, you will be safe.
Sep 5, 2024 · We have the propensity to associate an enemy with those who hate us and or oppose us. But God showed me that when we react with defensive anger toward someone , they have become our enemies in our hearts.
- The Outer Enemy—The World
- The Inner Foe—The Flesh
- The Stubborn Adversary—Satan
The Scriptures instruct us to “Love not the world” (1 John 2:15) and they remind us that to be a friend of the world is to be an “enemy of God” (James 4:4). The “world” is that whole value-system which dominates society, and is contrary to the ways of God. The term “the world” is used in several ways in the Bible. It sometimes speaks of the created...
The “flesh” is our human nature with its natural tendency to sin. The “flesh” is sometimes used in the Bible to speak of “meat.” Sometimes it refers to the fabric that covers our bony skeletons (the skin and tissues and blood of the human body). But here the word “flesh” refers to our fallen self-centered nature (sometimes called “the old man” or “...
Every believing Christian is subjected to the influences of the world from without (the prevailing secular culture). Also, we are subjected to the persuasions of the fleshfrom within (our twisted fallen nature). But beyond both these powers, is the devil, seeking to hold us in captivity. Satan is the commander of a large host of demons who are oppo...
Who Is My Enemy? In Mathew chapter 5:43 Jesus says “you have heard that it has been said thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy”. We have had this idea of love you enemies preached to us for as long as we can remember.
Mar 23, 2019 · Jeremiah continues by saying that even our own hearts can deceive us. By implication, the only person we can trust is God; we are, in a sense, our own enemy. The call to trust God (and Him alone) is pervasive in the Bible.
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Sep 7, 2022 · The enemy in this context is those who resist God, who disobey his laws, who ignore him. So if you translate that down into our situation, your enemy is anybody who resists you, who contradicts you, who crosses you, who antagonizes you, who makes life hard for you.
