paravanes:meditations

Recently, more than a few social media accounts I follow have featured what the writers seem to believe are their "righteous" calling down of bad "future news" and negative "prophetic warnings" against those considered to be enemies. This is probably not a new trend, but I've noticed two particularly vicious "statements of rebuke" in the last seven days. No cursing allowed. This means we, as Christians, have no permission or authority to strike against those we consider enemies with words of "prophetic" threats and " warnings" of bad things to come for those we believe oppose us, wish us harm, or seem to be in the way of our progress. God says vengeance belongs to him. This means any corrective or punishing action against someone will be done in God's way and in God's time. Calling curses into someone's experience is not our responsibility and it is not something we are called to do. It doesn't ma...

 --  from toencourageoneanother.wordpress.com From Proverbs 11:3: "The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them." (English Standard Version) The answer to the question in the title depends upon how one defines "weak." Advice and guidance given to Christians in Scripture is based upon the assumption of living under God's rule, living under God's kingdom, and living under God's judgment. If you are not a Christian living under the the rule, kingdom, and judgment of God, you will have a difficult, if not impossible, time understanding why someone would not want, seek, and eventually take vengeance. Why aren't Christians allowed to take vengeance?  Here are the basic reasons: 1. Christians know and understand and accept and cooperate with God's rule over their lives. This means we know God allows injustice into our experiences because He can and will use even those experiences...