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Grantley Morris

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If someone hurts us, we want to teach him a lesson, but if we tried to retaliate, not only would we fail to teach him how to be godly, we would end up letting that person teach us how to be ungodly. If being hit does not teach us not to hit but only inflames our desire to hit back, why do we suppose that us hitting him would do anything other than intensify his desire to hit back? Instead of teaching him not to lash out, we have merely increased his passion for it and taught him that even those who think themselves morally superior end up concluding that unkind behavior is the best way to act.

Spiritually, that person has succeeded in making us his clone. Not only has evil not been reduced, it has been multiplied and multiplied in the worst possible way by us becoming like the person we despise. If, however, we let godly motives restrain us, wondrous possibilities emerge.

Taken from Christian Revenge and the Wrath of God

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