Walk in a opposite spirit

Walk in an opposite Spirit – Rom 12:20-21

Vs 20 – Paul says we are to walk in an opposite spirit to those around us.  We feed our enemy, we quench their thirst.  This way we heap hot coals of love on their head.  This is not a revenge thing but it is an act of love.  The fire of God will burn away ours and their hatred.

Vs 21 – Do not be overcome by evil.  Overcome evil with good.  This whole chapter has been a re-emphasis of the Sermon on the Mount in one form or another.  We are called to be overcomers.  We do not by resisting the devil and his attacks and we overcome evil by doing good.   You make a choice of walking in the opposite spirit and choosing God’s way instead of your own.  Abraham Lincoln once said, “To ease another’s heartache is to forget your own.”  Walking in Christ will always be opposite to what the world wants and a clear distinction of the Christian lifestyle.