Read Matthew 5:38-42.
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil…(Matthew 5:39).
Jesus is a revolutionary teacher. He turns the world upside down for those who accept his teaching. When once you have accepted the Jesus Christ message, all values change radically.
The old law was that whatever man did to man, he should himself be made to suffer by way of punishment. If he put out another man’s eye, his own was put out by the officers of justice; if he killed, he was killed.
The desire to“get even,” to get one’s own back, to level things up somehow or other, when we have been hurt or have suffered injustice, or witnessed things of which we did not approve, will remain with us until the time when we definitely take ourselves in hand and destroy it. “Revenge,” said Bacon, “is a kind of wild justice.”
Now Jesus reverses this and says that when someone injures you, you are to forgive him. No matter what the provocation may be, and no matter how many times it is repeated, you are to loose him and let him go, for thus only can you be freed yourself.
Only when we are capable of obeying this truth will we fully realize the Kingdom of God here below. As hard as it is to forgive those who hurt us, it is the only way to live in the Eden God created for us.
The good news is that once we practice forgiveness, it becomes easier every time we must do it. Soon, it will reveal itself to us as the quickest path to peace and joy in our lives. Forgive all today; be free today; walk with god in Eden today. Its time.
Walking in joy,
Z gardener
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