Romans 19:17-21, God Promises To Avenge All Wrongs

Romans 12:17-21, “Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.”

We've all been hurt by other people, and we've all hurt somebody along the way in life. Sometimes we don't intend to hurt others, but it happens. Sometimes people get hurt because of the consequences of something we did wrong, and it haunts us. And sometimes our direct actions hurt somebody. As believers we are promised by God that if we judge ourselves we shall not be judged. 1st Corinthians 11:31, “For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.” That means if we take care of the problem God won't have to. If we have hurt somebody, we are biblically obligated to make it right with them. This includes more than just an apology, but also if required, restitution and reconciliation. Matthew 5:23-24, “Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.”

Matthew 12:26 says that God will hold all men accountable even for their words. Proverbs 24:12 says God judges humans according to our thoughts, “If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?” No man can outrun God! No human being can outwit God. Job 9:1-3, “Then Job answered and said, I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.” Job wisely understood that if a man were to contend with God, that he couldn't win even one in a thousand debates. God is always right dear friend. God never makes a mistake.

I am amazed as I listen to these nutty arrogant scientists these days, who are attempting to find the defects in the human genetic code and correct them. Literally, geneticists are combing through billions of genes and isolating certain genes, changing them in an attempt to create the perfect superior human being. It is frightening when we consider where this all might lead the human race. I cannot help but wonder sometimes, if some of the plagues we read about in the book of Revelation are now being created by meddling mad scientists. We read that during the future Tribulation period God will “destroy them which destroy the earth” (Revelation 11:18b). Men are indeed destroying the earth, from the toxic chemical dumping by the corporations to pollution of every sort that is hurting millions of suffering people in China and elsewhere.

Anyway, back to the main point of the article. God promises to avenge all wrongs. Everyone deserves justice, whether they are 3 years old or 90. Most injustices go unrighted in this world. Most indicted murderers never got convicted. Most rapists never get caught. Most stealing goes unpunished and the thieves never get caught. I have had thieves steal multiple times from me. Someone broke into my garage in Chicago and stole my air-compressor and my tools. I never found out who did it, nor did I get my stuff back. 

Someone also stole my car in 2004. I came out of my home on a Sunday morning to go with my family to church in Chicago, but our car was gone. Police found the car 2 weeks later smashed into a telephone pole in an alley. The car was damaged beyond repair, and I left it at the pound where the city had towed it. The thieves never got caught. I don't know who stole my car. Those thieves cost me over $10,000 in damages—$5,000 that I paid for my old car, and then I had to buy a new vehicle which cost another $4,800, plus all other involved expenses. The thieves popped the trunk, breaking the lock, stealing $200 worth of things I had bought and put into the trunk. God knows who those thieves are. I will see them again on their court day, when God judges them, and I will be vindicated.

I could mention a hundred more injustices in my life, but time fails me. I have GOD'S PROMISE that He will avenge all wrongs. When we can seek justice through any available court jurisdiction, I think we should. That is our right. But in many cases in life, the local court system won't have any jurisdiction to help us get justice. In these type of difficult situations it is tempting to take the law into our own hands and seek vigilante justice (which is really revenge). To truly be justice, every person must be given a fair trial by their peers. Well, God is omniscient and knows all. Hebrews 4:13, “Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.” Hebrews 9:27 warns all mankind that we have an appointment with God when we die. No one can escape the judgment of God. Hebrews 10:31, “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”

Dear reader, are you prepared to meet your God? I am, by God's grace. I have made peace with everyone in my life. I don't mean that if you had an argument with a friend, and your not talking right now, that you should do something about it. That is something different. We all have spats and disagreements. That is just a part of being human, and we all process the way we handle it differently. I'm talking about the wrongs you've done to hurt others. Have you made them right? Do you owe someone money that you borrowed, but never paid back? Sometimes we are unable to settle a dispute, for whatever reason. The person could have passed away, or moved away and we don't know how to contact them anymore, et cetera. In these types of situations, God alone will need to settle the matter, and He will I assure you, because HE HAS SO PROMISED in Romans 12:17-21. Romans 12:19, “Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”

Vengeance belongs unto Go alone. The reason why most people seek to executive revenge upon their enemies is due to a sinful lack of faith in God. When someone is mean to me, or hurts me, I have God's solemn promises that He will avenge me as His adopted child (Matthew 25:40, 45). You don't mess with God's children's!!! Not if you have any sense at all. God is not an absent parent and He sees everything that happens to every believer.

The King James Bible has much to teach about this important matter. 1st Thessalonians 4:6-7, “That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.” Again we find a promise in the preceding Bible passage, from God where He vows to every believer to avenge any sister or brother who has been defrauded (sinned against).

The practical lesson dear reader that I want you to take away from this Bible study is a precious truth I learned long ago, which is to always forgive those who hurt us and to commit the entire matter into God's hands for judgment. LET GO, LET GOD! Romans 12:21 admonishes us as victims not to be overcome with evil; but rather, to OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD as the Bibles says! I love that!!! In other words: Always take the high road!!!

We could all dwell on our painful past memories and allow them to make us bitter, angry and distrustful of the whole world around us. But I refuse to live that way, in fear and misery. I am a happy person simply because I choose to be a happy person. It is the things that we choose to focus upon in our mind that shape our future thoughts. This is why the Apostle Paul admonishes us all as believers in Philippians 4:8 to think on these things that are lovely, of good report, things of virtue and praise, and so forth. Our mind is a sponge, a truly magnificent creation by our omnipotent God, and we ought spend our precious time filling our mind with good reports, good music, ideas, education and inspirational things.

God will one day in eternity right all wrongs. You have His solemn PROMISE of it In Romans 12:19. God has trillions of dark, evil and unthinkable heinous crimes which still must be accounted for and judged. We still haven't been told the real truth about what went down on 911 when they New York City World Trade Center was imploded in just 10 seconds. How do 2 planes brings down 3 buildings? Not one skyscraper (not even partially) has perfectly imploded to the ground in just 10 seconds, let alone THREE BUILDING. To prepare for controlled demolition, it requires several months to prepare and then execute such a large scale operation. It is absolutely clear that demolition teams were involved, using military grade thermite charges to cut through the main beams of the WTC. 911 was an INSIDE JOB!

The Bush family were 100% complicit. They orchestrated the whole event. Vice President Dick Cheney told NORAD (Airforce fighters to intercept and destroy the threat) to stand down (to allow time for the 2nd plane to hit WTC 2). They made it happen, to get their own sinister uncongressional war in the Middle East. I could go on for hours just about the things I have learned since 2001, but it wouldn't change anything, they got away with it. What rejoices my heart is reading Ecclesiastes 5:8, “If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.” No one ever gets away with anything. The monstrous Bush family murdered 1,455,590 innocent people in Iraq, in an illegal war that congress did not approve. Ecclesiastes 12:13-14, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” If you are an evildoer, that last Bible verse should scare the dickens out of you!

So whatever your pain is friend, leave it at the foot of the cross. Leave your burdens at Jesus' feet at the cross of Calvary. If you have wronged somebody, them go make it right. Apologize. Ask how you can make things right. If you owe someone money, pray them. If you cheated them, make up the losses up to them. If it is a different type of matter where nothing you can do will help the situation, then all you can do is to commit the matter to God in earnest prayer. There are too many unique situations for me to cover how to handle them all. 

1st Corinthians 2:16b says born-again believers, “HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST.” Search in your heart of hearts how God wants you to handle a particular matter. Ask God for wisdom. But never take the law into your own hands. It is wrong for anyone to take upon them self the role of being judge, jury and executioner (which the ungodly newsmedia do every day). That is not our jurisdiction in life. The court system is there for a reason, as servants (magistrates) of God. They aren't always just and fair. 

In fact, sometimes the people working in the court system are crooked, thieves, liars and can be even worse than the criminals they prosecute! That is why God put Ecclesiastes 5:8 in the Bible, to encourage us as believers, with the confident hope in God's PROMISE that He always gets the final say!!! Men are not God. The most powerful and cruel men in this world still grow old and die, and then they MUST face God. Hebrews 9:27, “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:” All men cannot escape God's wrath and judgment. The ONLY way of escape is through faith alone in the sacrifice of God's only begotten Son on the cross for our sins. Jesus was buried. Three days later Jesus physically resurrected from the dead (1st Corinthians 125:1-6). Any acknowledged guilty sinner who believes this 'GOOD NEWS' (Gospel) is saved instantly, irrevocably and permanently forever and ever. Jesus promises never to turn anyone away. John 6:37, “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.”

The main bit of advice I have for you dear reader is to: Make sure you are saved. Things will not go very well for Christ-rejecters after death. At death God's mercy ends for the unbeliever. If you die in your sins (John 8:24), I can assure you that the last thing on your mind will be getting justice from those who hurt you. You're mind is going to be preoccupied worrying about yourself, knowing that Hell is going to be your eternal home. I shudder in horror when I consider that Seventh-Day Adventists foolishly deny the existence of a real burning Hell for all Christ-rejecters. Whether you believe the Holy Bible or not doesn't change it! You are not hurting anyone except yourself and your family and loved ones. Please get saved while you still can, before your time is up, and the Grim Reaper (death angel) comes to get you.

There is no unrighted wrong that won't be made right by God. God's holy nature demands justice, justice for all humanity. Justice requires death for sins worthy of death. Mark God's Word dear friend, there will be justice, you can count on it, or else the Bible is not true.