Is it Right to Pray for Justice and Vengeance?

[just-want-peace]

Again, you need to pray for them, not for vengeance. The only remedy for a liberal mindset is the Lord.


God

A great big TRIPLE AMEN to this!!!

 

[kyredneck]

Can you have your enemies who are not God’s enemies?

Yes.

2 Timothy 4:14 (ESV)
14 Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.

While Stephen prayed for forgiveness of those who killed him, Paul seems to overlook that and ‘let’ God punish them.

Yes. We ALL get repaid according to our deeds.

It’s almost as if he wished for it,looked forward to it

You ever ponder on this one?:

49 I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already kindled?
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
51 Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: Lu 12

 

[Steven Yeadon]

Something I have discovered in my research on this topic is Stephen's response to his enemies when being martyred. His response was to pray that his murderers not have this sin against them.

So, when praying for blessings upon my enemies, then praying for justice, I now pray to know when to ask for Judgment (like Jesus’ command to brush the dust off our feet when the Gospel is thoroughly rejected) and when to know to pray for their forgiveness (as Jesus and Stephen did when murdered).

So far, I have begun to question always praying for eventual justice, and I am assessing what standards I can use to discern when and when not to pray for harm to come upon my enemies.

If this thread were to revive that is the key question:

What rubrics can we use to discern when to embrace a call for judgment upon our enemies?

What rubric can we use to discern when we should pray for radical mercy on those that harm us and those we care for?

 

[Alcott]

Ask Samson.

 

[1689Dave]

Something I have discovered in my research on this topic is Stephen's response to his enemies when being martyred. His response was to pray that his murderers not have this sin against them.

So, when praying for blessings upon my enemies, then praying for justice, I now pray to know when to ask for Judgment (like Jesus’ command to brush the dust off our feet when the Gospel is thoroughly rejected) and when to know to pray for their forgiveness (as Jesus and Stephen did when murdered).

So far, I have begun to question always praying for eventual justice, and I am assessing what standards I can use to discern when and when not to pray for harm to come upon my enemies.

If this thread were to revive that is the key question:

What rubrics can we use to discern when to embrace a call for judgment upon our enemies?

What rubric can we use to discern when we should pray for radical mercy on those that harm us and those we care for?

For me it's the golden rule in both cases. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you (reliable). To others it might be WWJD? (not reliable, too many versions of Christ). Or in knowing God is love, what would Love do? (reliable).