Attitudes Toward Enemies and Mockers

TRUTHTELLING IS NOT FOR SISSIES
It would be a mistake to assume that Christian Nationalists will welcome hearing or reading scriptures that convict them of political and religious wrongdoing. The list of scriptures below clearly forecast the kind of reception truthtellers might receive when they share truth. Even though reception might be adverse, truthtellers should not shrink from truth telling because sharing truth is the best thing they can do to show love toward their enemies. This principle is symbolically represented in these scriptures:

Romans 12:20
19 Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”20 On the contrary: “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.”

COMMENTARY: God executes vengeance to lawbreakers by convicting them of sin when they hear his spoken words which are symbolized as burning coals.

Proverbs 25:21-22
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. 22 In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.

COMMENTARY: The reason Christian Nationalists do what they do is that God’s words are not written on their hearts. They don’t realize it, but their hearts are hungry and thirsty to hear God’s words. Sharing truth from the bible is symbolically represented as giving food and drink.

 

Here are attitudes and cautions to keep in mind when sharing truth with Christian Nationalists.

Proverbs 24:17-18

17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
18 Or the LORD will see it and be displeased , And turn His anger away from him.

Proverbs 24:28-29

28 Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, And do not deceive with your lips.
29 Do not say, “Thus I shall do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.”

Romans 12:13-16

13 contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.
14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
16 Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.

Romans 12:17-21

17 Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men.
18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.
19 Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY,” says the Lord .
20 “BUT IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED HIM, AND IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A DRINK; FOR IN SO DOING YOU WILL HEAP BURNING COALS ON HIS HEAD.”
21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Proverbs 24:10-12

10 If you are slack in the day of distress, Your strength is limited.
11 Deliver those who are being taken away to death, And those who are staggering to slaughter, Oh hold them back.
12 If you say, “See, we did not know this,” Does He not consider it who weighs the hearts? And does He not know it who keeps your soul? And will He not render to man according to his work?

Proverbs 24:17-18

17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
18 Or the LORD will see it and be displeased , And turn His anger away from him.

Proverbs 24:28-29

28 Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, And do not deceive with your lips.
29 Do not say, “Thus I shall do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.”

Proverbs 24:17-18

17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
18 Or the LORD will see it and be displeased , And turn His anger away from him.

Romans 12:13-16

13 contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.
14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
16 Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.

Proverbs 15:1

1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 15:18

18 A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.
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