Promises of justice and swords of Spirit (2)

 

We continue the articles about oppression. We will study some verses from the New Testament to see what our good God says about our oppressors.

1- “"He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me."” {Lu 10:16} Jesus Christ said this verse to His disciples when He sent them to preach. These days we find some people take joy in humiliating whoever speaks about Jesus Christ. Anyone who serves the Lord, even in the simplest way, has a place in the heart and mind of God. Moreover, whoever hears and receives God’s servants will receives God Himself and whoever rejects God’s servant will reject God Himself. I want you to ask your self this question; did I ever reject one of God’s servants? I do not mean pastors and persons who have a role in the church only, but everyone who serves Jesus Christ in a very simple way. Everyone who serves Jesus Christ, and honors His Word and does not have the ability or the power to answer his oppressors like our Lord Jesus Christ did. When the servant of the high priest slapped Jesus on the face, “Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why do you strike Me?"” {Joh18:23}. Many say that Jesus Christ did not defend himself or talk at all to his oppressors; we heard this false teaching all the times. Jesus did not regard the accusation because it was pure lies, but when the rulers and the high priest asked Him, He answered and said He is the Messiah the Son of God, He is the king of the Jews. He said He is the Son of Man who will sit at the right hand of God.  Read the following verses {Mt 26:62-64} ,{Mr1460-64} ,{Lu22:66_69}

Jesus Christ allowed others to humiliate, torture and insult Him for the eternal purpose of God to be fulfilled, and for the salvation of the humanity from the power of darkness, Satan, the law of Moses {which no one could honor} and the power of sin in all its forms including oppression.

Some may say but Jesus said on the cross “"Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do."” {Lu23:34}. Yes Jesus Christ said that “for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.” {1Co 2:8}. It was the purpose of God to conceal his identity, that he is the Lord of glory, the Messiah, the king of the Jews. If they knew who He is, they would not have crucified Him and the plan of salvation would not have been fulfilled.

This is our Christ, the Lord Jesus, our Savior, the Holy one, who created every thing with the word of His mouth, He accepted to be oppressed that everyone believes in His salvation would be delivered from the bondage of sin, Satan, and the oppression of others. Do not accept insult or humiliation from anyone even if they have a spiritual status. If you do not want to answer back, then you have to pray as we discussed in earlier article, but do not accept oppression from anyone and do not loose your peace.

2- “I could wish that those who trouble you would even cut themselves off!” {Ga5:12} this epistle was written to the Galatians to alarm them against a wrong teaching, which was spreading among them at that time. The apostle Paul was saying anyone who troubles you with a wrong teaching he should cut themselves off. We see many wrong teaching now, which has nothing to do with the bible and the teaching of the apostles, and if you object to a wrong teaching, it will be wow to you. The sad thing is many in the church defend the wrong teachings with all their might and start accusing you that you are wrong. If anyone tries to follow and talk about the teachings of the bible, the answer of others to him will be filled with human wisdoms and logical explanations and they would say [use your brain and logic things instead of going back to the bible]

Beloved; anyone who does not speak the truth of the bible and use human wisdom, pray as Paul did {could wish that those who trouble you would even cut themselves off!} Paul said in the same epistle “For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ” {Ga 1:10}. Be a bondservant to Christ only and do not be a bondservant to any man, if you do that no one can harm you. When you honor God, obey His word, and fear no man, but be a bondservant to Christ, Christ will take care of you. If you become a bondservant to anyone, regardless who he is, you loose your place in Christ.

3- “Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you. And to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power” {1Th 1:6-9}. It is clear from those verses that the ones who trouble us, God will repay them with tribulation. Do not accept oppression from anyone. Go to your heavenly father, who paid a precious price to redeem you, the blood of His Son Jesus Christ, and pour your heart out to Him. Tell Him about your pain and injustice.

Beloved; I pray that everyone of God’s children, who were redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ, know that these verses will apply in the lives of the true children of God who pray fervently for the Word of God to be a reality in their lives

4- “Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord.” {Ro12:19}. Finally, please do not avenge yourself ever. I have learned this lesson if I avenge myself God will not avenge me, but if I asked God to solve the problem with His wisdom, He will assuredly avenge me if anyone oppresses me.

With this article, I have concluded the series about oppression. The first article was about how wrong it is to accept oppression and think it is a blessing. The second article was about how serious it is when you say about someone (God forgive him) and your heart is full of bitterness. It is good if you can forgive, but you are justified if you feel bad about the situation. Then we talked about the foundation of forgiveness as our Lord Jesus Christ founded it. The third article was about the promises of justice and the swords of the Spirit in the Old Testament. This article is the last about the subject of oppression.