"The promise that frees us from an unforgiving, bitter, vengeful spirit is the promise that God will settle our accounts. He will do it more justly and more thoroughly than we ever could. Therefore we can back off and "leave room for God" to work".
John Piper - "Future Grace" - IVP, Leicester (1995) - (p264).
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Wednesday, 22 October 2008
John Piper on God's Justice in Forgiveness
John Piper on God's Future Vengance
"This future grace of God's judgement is promised to us as a means of helping us overcome a spirit of revenge and bitterness ... Paul's argument is that we should not take vengeance because vengeance belongs to the Lord. And to motivate us to lay down our vengeful desires, He gives us a promise - which we now know is a promise of future grace - "I will repay" says the Lord".
John Piper - "Future Grace" - IVP, Leicester (1995) - (p264).
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