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FEW passages of the New Testament have more of the essence of the Christian ethic in them than this one.
Here is the characteristic ethic of the Christian life, and the conduct which should distinguish the Christian from others.
It is natural to want justice.
It is even natural to desire retaliation.
Yet we know that God is going to make all things right.
He will bring justice.
This truth shapes the way we respond to injustice.
When we are wronged the Scriptures encourage us to respond with patient endurance instead of sinful retaliation.
In times of great distress we can be tempted to pursue our own retaliation.
Yet the truth that God is going to set all things right charts for us a different course.
That law became part and parcel of the ethic of the Old Testament, where we find it laid down no fewer than three times.
‘If any harm follows, then you shall give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe’ (Exodus 21:23–5).
‘Anyone who maims another shall suffer the same injury in return: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; the injury inflicted is the injury to be suffered’ (Leviticus 24:19–20).
‘Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot’ (Deuteronomy 19:21).
The Old Testament Law
This law deliberately limits vengeance.
The New Testament Teaching
Luke 6:27-36
27 “But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, spray for those who abuse you.
29 To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either.
30 Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back.
31 And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
32 “If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you?
For even sinners love those who love them.
33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you?
For even sinners do the same.
34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you?
Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount.
35 But clove your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.
36 Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
The Consequence of Vengeance
What Are My Options if My Goal is to Glorify God?
1 Peter 4:8-9
Above all, maintain constant love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins.,aq 9 Be hospitable to one another without complaining.
Matthew 10:23
Luke 4:28-30
1 Corinthians 6:7
How Is This Life Possible?
Spiritual Transformation includes our minds and our bodies.
It includes our walk and our talk.
It involves our thinking and our behavior.
In , Paul doesn’t just say “Think rightly.”
Neither did he say, “Behave rightly.”
Paul knew that the gospel transforms our thoughts and our actions.”
— Worldview Study Bible, CSB
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