The evildoers will surely be dealt with by the Almighty God, in His own time and his own way. When I (way too often) find myself thinking that I would sure enjoy getting to see a little retribution for the evildoers, it sobers me up to remember that according to God’s perfect plan I am just another evildoer. Wrecks it. 1 Corinthians 11:31
"Vengeance is mine". I would rather see people choose a different path than go out that way. Still, a cleansing will be required, and I imagine it's OK for us to derive a certain satisfaction from it -- the more each of us has endured the more so -- bearing in mind our own deeds. I am far more excited about the prospect of evil being gone from the world.
1 Corinthians 11 offers much to consider. I am in the midst of an in-depth study of that book, working with the Gardner Greek-level commentary, currently at 1 Cor. 3:16. That's how far I've gone in two months or so. The book is packed with messages for the present-day church, but we don't commonly study it in a way that would bring all of it out. To do so requires also bringing in the OT allusions (A.K.A. "scripture"), and the historical and cultural contexts, and then applying to that the nuances present in the wording of the Greek. In other words, filling in all that the original recipients would have known or had explained to them that we don't.
The evildoers will surely be dealt with by the Almighty God, in His own time and his own way. When I (way too often) find myself thinking that I would sure enjoy getting to see a little retribution for the evildoers, it sobers me up to remember that according to God’s perfect plan I am just another evildoer. Wrecks it. 1 Corinthians 11:31
"Vengeance is mine". I would rather see people choose a different path than go out that way. Still, a cleansing will be required, and I imagine it's OK for us to derive a certain satisfaction from it -- the more each of us has endured the more so -- bearing in mind our own deeds. I am far more excited about the prospect of evil being gone from the world.
1 Corinthians 11 offers much to consider. I am in the midst of an in-depth study of that book, working with the Gardner Greek-level commentary, currently at 1 Cor. 3:16. That's how far I've gone in two months or so. The book is packed with messages for the present-day church, but we don't commonly study it in a way that would bring all of it out. To do so requires also bringing in the OT allusions (A.K.A. "scripture"), and the historical and cultural contexts, and then applying to that the nuances present in the wording of the Greek. In other words, filling in all that the original recipients would have known or had explained to them that we don't.
Thank you, these are excellent and uplifting scriptures for our day!