As God prospers you &/or promotes you to more greatness, not all people will like that. Some will dislike you, others will be jealous of you, still others will be envious of you. Be that as it may, you will continue to thrive. Their weapons against you will fail. God will be an enemy to your enemies & He will oppose those who oppose you. But, as for you, your role is to love them, forgive them, treat them with mercy & grace. Pray for their salvation &/or deliverance. This way, you will influence God to extend mercy to them & they will eventually follow our example as we follow the example of Christ. The Kingdom of God will be richer in terms of souls. God will be glorified. The God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob is our Father. You can reason with Him. You can plead your case with Him. He will hear you & may refrain from doing what He would have purposed to do. God bless you all.
This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds & write them on their hearts. I will be their God, & they will be My people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying: Know the Lord, because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest. (Hebrews 8:10-11). If our hearts are not changed, following God's rules will be unpleasant & difficult. We will rebel against being told how to live the Christian way. The Holy Spirit, however, gives us new desires, helping us wanting to obey God. With new hearts, hearts of flesh & not hearts of stone, we will find that serving God is our greatest joy. Under God's new covenant, God's law is inside us & not outside, ie, on a tablet of stone. No, it's written in our hearts. It is no longer an external set of rules & principles. The Holy Spirit reminds us of Christ's words, activates our ...
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