4 - Shame your enemy by acts of kindness.
What should we do when we are wronged? Shame your enemy by acts of
kindness: "‘If your enemies are hungry, feed them. If they are thirsty,
give them something to drink, and they will be ashamed of what they have
done to you’" (Rom. 12:20 NLT). Beyond this we must leave it in God’s hands.
Farthest from revenge, we must even return good for evil. "Make sure that
nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other
and to everyone else" (1 Thess. 5:15 NIV). "Don't retaliate when people say
unkind things about you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what
God wants you to do, and he will bless you for it" (1 Pet. 3:9 NLT).
The Christian must never under any circumstance harbor feelings of retaliation,
anger or resentment against anyone. The law of God is plain: "Stop your anger!
Turn from your rage!"–no exceptions (Ps. 37:8 NLT).
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