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Originally Posted by
Nikos
How do we apply this in terms of elections? I tend to rejoice when the liberals fail and stumble. I think I feel the need to repent.
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What I been praying for our government as I pray for my enemies. Is for God to forgive them for they know not what they do & to bless them and guide them to the Truth. I give it to You Lord, Your will be done.
For awhile there it robbed me of my Joy in the Lord.
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That's the best attitude to have if an ungodly person wins
We can rejoice if the godly are elected and rejoice if ungodly don't win
Originally Posted by
diakonos777
What I been praying for our government as I pray for my enemies. Is for God to forgive them for they know not what they do & to bless them and guide them to the Truth. I give it to You Lord, Your will be done.
For awhile there it robbed me of my Joy in the Lord.
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Originally Posted by
krystian
This one is hard sometimes too.
Proverbs 24:17-18
17 (A)Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
18 Lest the Lord see it, and [a]it displease Him,
And He turn away His wrath from him.
Originally Posted by
Cardinal TT
It must be related to your attitude of heart - Are you gloating at their misfortune
There is a godly rejoicing that evil is defeated
Proverbs 10:11 - When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; And when the wicked perish, there is jubilation (NKJV)
(AMP) - When it goes well for the righteous, the city rejoices, And when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
Not sure I'm understanding the difference, here's the definition of gloat.
Lol...I mean weren't you kind of gloating here?
What would compel Hillary to do this? They can't let go...
Can you elaborate?
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Originally Posted by
krystian
From that definition I was gloating but in my thoughts I was thinking more of
spiteful rejoicing to describe a persons attitude.
I can understand it seems similar and yet there are 2 verses that seemingly contradict each other. It must relate to a persons heart attitude of joy at someones misfortune.
I'm sure God wasn't displeased when people rejoiced at Hitlers death - When Haman died in the OT the Jews rejoiced.
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Originally Posted by
krystian
This one is hard sometimes too.
Proverbs 24:17-18
17 (A)Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
18 Lest the Lord see it, and [a]it displease Him,
And He turn away His wrath from him.
It's similar to this verse :
Rom 12:19 Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord.
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Originally Posted by
Cardinal TT
From that definition I was gloating but in my thoughts I was thinking more of
spiteful rejoicing to describe a persons attitude.
I can understand it seems similar and yet there are 2 verses that seemingly contradict each other. It must relate to a persons heart attitude of joy at someones misfortune.
I'm sure God wasn't displeased when people rejoiced at Hitlers death - When Haman died in the OT the Jews rejoiced.
Some times people rejoice in punishments out of bloodthirst rather than out of a sense of justice being done. God is all about the latter, man is sometimes to often about the former.
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Originally Posted by
Cardinal TT
Go out and buy the biggest and most delicious ice cream and savour the taste
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Nikos
Was referring to Hillary losing the election - go out and enjoy a sweet ice cream
Originally Posted by
Cardinal TT
Go out and buy the biggest and most delicious ice cream and savour the taste
Originally Posted by
Nikos
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In regard to the scripture we are discussing we must always have a proper balance of righteous judgment, our attitude of heart and motive for rejoicing.
Do we want to see righteousness??
Below I am using an exaggeration to make a point
If we take that scripture with no counter balance then we could possibly assume that when Jesus casts the anti-christ into hell and I rejoice... will God take him out of hell and allow him to torment the world for another 3.5 years.
Will it be my fault????
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