“But when your enemy is hungry, feed him, and if he’s thirsty, give him a drink; for in so doing you’ll heap burning coals on his head.”
Romans 12:20 (NASB)
I bear in mind in the present day’s verse from my youthful days, after I would put into motion with fervour towards those that had been nasty to me. I have to personal up, I considered it as an acceptable revenge… not what God had in thoughts when this was first written within the Proverbs 25:21-22, after which quoted in Romans. However our textual content in the present day misses out the final line from Proverbs; “And the LORD will reward you“ – pointing to doing one thing worthy of a Godly reward. So, it’s undoubtedly not an motion of revenge, however reasonably motion to profit our enemy.
The damage we expertise by the hands of enemies is a short lived affair; it should go, however this scripture refers to everlasting issues of the soul that require repentance. The beneficiant actions of 1 being persecuted will mirror the love of God of their life, an affidavit that exhorts enemies to think about the Godly method. We aren’t to go about pouring burning coal on our enemy’s head … that will be improper, and undoubtedly get us in hassle. The coals are symbolic of encouraging repentance in our enemies after they see our Christ-likeness – the pricking of their conscience and conviction of the evil executed. The touching of the conscience results in repentance of the guts, and the reward we obtain for main somebody nearer to Christ – the approval of Father God.
Pricey Reader, might we endeavour collectively to restrain our anger when others damage us – making use of the command of Christ to “love your enemies and pray for many who persecute you” (Matthew 5:43-45). We’re disciples of the Nice Fee referred to as to avoid wasting misplaced souls for God’s Kingdom, and that features those that damage us.
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