20 … ‘If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.’
21 DO NOT BE OVERCOME by evil, BUT OVERCOME evil with good.
Retaliation, or trying to get even is not the answer for the believers who have been wronged – leave it with the Lord and keep leaving it there until it’s done.
Romans 12:21 ends the section(verses 9-21) we looked at two days ago entitled ‘Love in action’. WE must either Overcome or be overcome, there’s no other alternative.
But mark this: There will be terrible times (Fierce times, like the Gaderene Demoniac Matthew 8:28) in the last days. 2 Timothy 3:1 There follows a list of 18 character flaws, begins with SELF and ends with Self. ‘People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money … lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God — having a form of godliness(religious) but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them’.
The word OvercomeS with the ‘S’ has two references in 1 John 5:4, 5 and seven in Revelation 2:7,11,17,26; 3:5,12,21 the seven Churches. All these references are at the end of the Word so we will likely face situations in our days, that call for us to be overcomers. Don’t be disheartened, the Lord Himself promised great rewards for all who endure and overcome.
Revelation 2:7 Whoever overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
Rev 2:11 Whoever overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death.
Rev 2:18 Whoever overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna and a white stone with a new name on it.
Rev 2:26 Whoever overcomes and does My will to the end, I will give authority over the nations!
Rev 3:5 Whoever overcomes will walk with Me dressed in white. I will never blot their name from the book of Life, but will acknowledge them before My Father and His angels.
Rev 3:12 Whoever overcomes I will make a Pillar in the Temple of My God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the Name of My God …and the New Jerusalem.
Rev 3:21 Whoever overcomes I will give the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
There’s a magnificent destiny ahead for those who endure and overcome now!
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