Bible Dictionary: Revenge: Inconsistent With Christian Spirit

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Luke 9:55
But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, You know not what manner of spirit you are of.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

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Fulfilling of the Law in the Higher Sense. --Particular Examples ...
... so completely shuts out the desire of revenge, that it ... especially for the reason
that it is inconsistent with the ... are bonds as sacred for the Christian as an ...
/.../section 155 fulfilling of the.htm

For Godly Sorrow Worketh Repentance to Salvation, not to be ...
... vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! ... Such sorrow is not inconsistent
with true happiness. ... very far from manifesting a Christian spirit in regard ...
/.../lectures to professing christians/for godly sorrow worketh repentance.htm

Colossians iii. 17
... enemies those works of hatred and revenge which in ... no less evils: that it is itself
inconsistent, and leads ... Endowed with the Spirit as a Christian, and daily ...
/.../arnold/the christian life/lecture xxxix colossians iii 17.htm

Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity Duty to New and Old Man.
... of God and the forgiveness of sin is inconsistent with following ... sun go down upon
your wrath." A Christian must not ... right to be angry and take revenge; just as ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol iii/nineteenth sunday after trinity duty.htm

V. ...
... So inconsistent are they one with another, that upon this stone ... it for his own sake
nor to revenge himself, but ... here puts into the lips of a christian man in ...
/.../the epistles of st peter and st jude preached and explained/chapter ii v .htm

On Zeal
... may truly be said, pride, covetousness, ambition, revenge, have in ... it spreads over
the whole Christian world ... a passion; and passion is as inconsistent with zeal ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 92 on zeal.htm

The Anabaptists and Mennonites.
... it is not commanded by Christ and is inconsistent with true Christian character;
but it ... They reject also law-suits, revenge, every kind of violence, and ...
/.../ 104 the anabaptists and.htm

The Influence of the King James Version on English Literature
... these two sentences occur: "It is inconsistent with this ... Now, that is not Christian,
but the Bible phrases ... when he read Tennyson's "The Revenge," he exclaimed ...
/.../mcafee/study of the king james bible/lecture iv the influence of.htm

Sanctification
... the wicked and carries them to pride, lust, revenge - the devil ... a shame to have the
name of a Christian, yet want ... Faith and the love of sin are inconsistent. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a body of divinity/5 sanctification.htm

The Tests of Love to God
... love of God, and ardent love of the world, are inconsistent. ... who are filled with
a spirit of revenge against His ... It is true that every Christian is not a martyr ...
//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a divine cordial/the tests of love to.htm