Church Of The Lost Sheep

"Don't pay people back with evil for the evil they do to you, or ridicule those who ridicule you. Instead, bless them , because you were called to inherit a blessing." 1 Peter 3:9 [This is the  36th  message of this series] This lesson is intended for mature believers (or adulting believers). For a more orderly study, please go through all the previous messages first, if you haven't yet. 1 Peter [This will be the  6th  of a  series  within a series] Living the Blessed Life Peter instructed the first church (among other things) to repay evil with good. Burning Coals Apostle Paul said the same thing to the 1st church in the City of Rome. Scriptures likened repaying bad with good to heaping coals of fire upon their heads. Romans 12:20 Blessing others who do us wrong is a sure sign of a blessed life. Revenge, retaliation, payback should not be part of the new life and the believer's playbook . If anything this is straight out of the enemy's bag of trick

" Do not repay evil for evil  or insult for insult , but give a blessing instead—it is for this reason you were called, so that you might inherit a blessing." 1 Peter 3:9 [This is the  35th  message of this series] This lesson is intended for mature believers (or adulting believers). For a more orderly study, please go through all the previous messages first, if you haven't yet. 1 Peter [This will be the  5th  of a  series  within a series] Living the Blessed Life Peter instructed the first church (among other things) to n ot repay evil with evil. We have an old saying "two wrongs don't make a right". This is true. What good will it do if we repay someone who wronged us by doing something wrong back at them? If anything, this will make us worse than them. Intent Remember some people may have only done us bad, unintentionally, not meaning to, by accident or even because of things beyond their control. When we repay them with evil, we are the one with