I have heard this saying: Send back to sender from both ministers & the flock. I have heard it many times. Where is this coming from? The Bible does not support that. Religion does. The Bible says: Do not take revenge. ... Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord. It's the Lord's. Let us not take the matters into our hands. Let God handle the situation in His own way & in His own time. Our role is to forgive, restore & reconcile. We do this in the spirit of gentleness. This is our part in this matter & God will do the rest. 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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