(51) And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (50) The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, (49) And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken (48) But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming Jesus reminds us that 'eye for an eye' is still in effect for those who sin against God: In other words, we pray for God to be merciful to them, as we (who also were forgiven) would want prayers of mercy, so that they do not receive the punishment. Leviticus 19:18 KJV 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.īeing under the law of love Christians are not to avenge, but love them as ourselves. The law of retribution is indeed still in effect today, but a Christian's relationship to it is dependent on two things: They choose not to exercise it, (because) we let God determine the proper judgment and execution. In my opinion, it seems as if this 'law of retribution' was dependent on two things: the offended party was not obligated to exercise this right, and the offended party was to bring his case to the judges for them to determine the proper judgment and execution. evenings, and it's an amazing book, in case anybody is interested in reading it. If our attention is turned to the circumstances in which we live, we are drawn into a whirlpool of thoughts and can have neither peace nor tranquility." If our thoughts are peaceful, calm, meek, and kind, then that is what our life is like. "Our life depends on the kind of thoughts we nurture. So, what he's talking about he says in the first part of this chapter: "The role of Christians in the world is to filter the atmosphere on earth and expand the atmosphere of the Kingdom of God." He also says this later on that I thought was very important: On the day of the Final Judgment we shall have to give an answer for the way we have used this Divine power, life and energy which have been given to us: whether we have contributed to the harmony in the universe, or have sown disharmony." "We, however, have Divine power, Divine life, and Divine energy. Then, describing all of the problems we have with not finding peace within us because of our dark thoughts, because we haven't totally resisted them, he says: We are unable to forgive even our own brother, let alone others." We are also surrounded by many unpleasant things in life which destroy our inner peace. Even today, we Christians still adhere to this Old Testament rule and are therefore surrounded by evil. Likewise, they were unable to accept His commandments and continued to follow the ancient rule of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth (cf. "The Old Testament people were unable to accept God's boundless love. Here's something I just read that's very interesting on this very topic, in a book on Elder Thaddeus and his sayings called Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives: Click to expand.The eye for an eye was OT and believed amongst the Israelites, but Christ's coming and teachings changed that.
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