Feeding Your Enemy

Romans 12:20 "“But if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”

We do not use kindness for the purpose of heaping coals, we obey God in loving others and it may produce hot coals but it is no our job to work at producing the coals.

Deliberate feigned kindness for the purpose of causing guilt is nothing more than manipulation and is sinful. It's sinful because it is not real kindness it is fake without love. It is for the purpose of elevating self, also a deeply sinful act. It is for the purpose of feeling superior toward someone, nothing more than self-will and self-promotion.

Philippians 2:3-4

"3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility consider one another as more important than yourselves; 4 do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others."

Heaping Hot Coals of Kindness!

If we are deliberately heaping hot coals to make others feel guilty about something, then we are sinning. God told us to be kind and it will heap hot coals but He never told us to be kind for the purpose of heating hot coals.

It's important to remember this, because if we are deliberately being kind for the purpose of making someone feel guilty then we are operating from pride and self will.

If we are loving people we do things to please God and to do no harm to others, not to prove a point or manipulate the feelings and reactions of others.

To attempt to manipulate others through fake kindness is a self-focus and an attempt to play God. Loving people do not wish harm on others to elevate themselves.

Romans 13:10

"Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law."

Romans 12:14-18 says,

"14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. 16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position.[a] Do not be conceited.17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. 18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone."

God never said to do loving harm to others so they will feel guilty. He placed the onus on us to be kind and loving, leaving the consequences to Him.

Obedience for God's Sake not Manipulation to Elevate Self

We live in a negative world all the time all around us. Sometimes we can feel the negativity even when no one is doing or saying anything negative.

The devils are influencing people every day, even attempting to bring us down with the negativity through our thoughts and our feelings.

If we keep our minds on the Word of God and the purpose Christ has for us in this world, nothing and no-one will influence us to become like the world.

Romans 12:2

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."

John 15:19

"If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you."

The world hates us but we do not have to hate. The world manipulates and aggravates but we do not have to do the same.

Luke 6:27-28 "Love Your Enemies

27But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. "

Romans 12:17-21

"17 Never repay evil for evil to anyone. [a]Respect what is right in the sight of all people. 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all people. 19 Never take your own revenge, beloved, but [b]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; 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."

We never do good to someone to manipulate them into feeling guilty. We do good to people because Christ is love and He lives in us. If we manipulate by doing good to shame someone then we are sinning.

We do not make up our own rules to manipulate people, we obey God to please Him and leave the reactions of the others to God.

If we love people we do it God's way and not to affect a response.

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Day of the Rapture

Right now there are people in the world who are on the day Tuesday. I say to them, "you are in my tomorrow and I am in your yesterday", a sort of joke of mine.

This is exactly why no one can predict the day of the Rapture of the church. One part of the world is on our previous day and another part of the world is on the day after us.

Seems simple to me!

Matthew 24:35-36 "

35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away. 36 No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father."