Do not avenge yourselves, my beloved, but leave room for the wrath of
God, for it is written, I am vengeance. I' ll pay,
says Mr Romans. Chapter twelve, verse nineteen. I remember once I
took a tatzi in a city and was very happy when the taxi driver identified
himself as a Christian. But as we were on our way, a biker
passed very close to his vehicle and I noticed that from that moment on,
his face changed immediately and tried to run him over. I took the opportunity
to let him go and try to keep him in good spirits. However,
his response was the next male. I' ll tell you the truth.
I' m a Christian like King David. I give anyone down, maybe
that cabbie. Many think so and justify their misbehavior in biblical characters, misunderstandings
and taken out of context. As Christians, we are called if possible and
as far as it depends on us to be at peace with all men.
But there will be situations where it will be impossible to make peace with all,
for even our Lord Jesus Christ had opposers who sought his evil and wanted
to stone him. There are believers who mistakenly think that avoiding a lawsuit is
to say so. Besides, you don' t know me. I'
m a Christian, yes, but I' m not an asshole and I
don' t let anyone get away with it, so don' t rush.
I know how I' m going to pray to God. It is
foolish to think that you can avoid a lawsuit with ns and using threats,
contrary to what Jesus did, who, when cursed, did not answer with
curse when he suffered, did not threaten if he did not entrust the cause
to the one who judges Peter' s righteous first. Chapter two, verse
twenty- three. But there are some principles that, with the help of
the Holy Spirit, can help us prevent a lawsuit from developing. Number one
keep the sanity. A man' s sanity stops his anger and his honor
is to ignore the offense. Proverbs nineteen verse eleven. To maintain sanity,
there are two actions that are vital. First, answer without roughness. The
soft answer takes away anger but the harsh word brings up anger. Proverbs 15
one or a clear evidence that we have self- control. That' s
when we know how to respond without being dominated by the IRA. Keeping sanity
also means making silence if you have foolishly tried to exalt yourself or if you
have thought of doing wrong. Put your finger over your mouth. Proverbs thirty,
verse thirty- two. There are occasions where we must avoid talking in
order to think wisely and not rush, even if it is using soft answers,
because there is time to talk and time to shut up. Number two,
run away from temptation and whoever wants to sue you and take off your
tunic, leave the matte cape to him as well. Chapter five, verse
40. This is a call for those who take the initiative in a play
and number three pay well, but I say to you do not resist the
one who is bad before anyone who hurts you on the right cheek, turn
to him the other mate five, thirty- nine. Obviously, here we
are talking about not paying with the same currency in order to overcome evil with
good. Now, if you exhaust all the procedures to keep the peace,
but still you are attacked, how should you react. It is well known
that even the most defenseless animal acts in self- defense to protect its physical
integrity. Only in our case we should act with the aim of immobilizing or
stopping the aggressor, so that the lawsuit will be suffocated before it passes to
more and let ourselves be carried away from anger giving rise to the devil.
This is definitely a case in which none of us would want to be back,
especially those brothers who are prone to anger and have no patience. This
is one of the reasons why we should constantly ask the Lord in prayer and
not bring us into temptation more free from evil. The enemy will try by
all means to put us in warlike situations, but with God' s help
we must exercise ourselves in maintaining sanity, fleeing temptation and paying well. Think
about this how you react when you are offended remember this do not rush into
litigation, lest you know what to do at last after your neighbor has shamed
you. Proverbs. Chapter twenty- five verse eight p