Conquer Evil By Doing Good

Meditations on Romans

September 17, 2021

Conquer Evil By Doing Good

Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good.

Romans 12:21

Read Romans 12:14-21

In chapter six, Paul showed how the believer is baptized by the Holy Spirit into the life of Christ. In chapter eight, Paul made the case that the Christian is intended by God to live in and through the Holy Spirit. Much of chapter eight illustrates the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer. In chapter twelve, Paul writes that the believer is transformed by renewing their mind or changing the way they think. Paul used bullet statements in chapter twelve to show us how to live in the truth of Jesus Christ. As we seek to grow in grace, the Holy Spirit will convince us this is the way God wants us to live. When we choose to live this way, the Holy Spirit empowers us to act on our beliefs.

My Takeaway: One of the bullet statements Paul used is, “Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good” (Romans 12:21). I saw this illustrated a few years ago after a shooting in a church. A reporter asked a neighbor in the community how they would respond to the tragedy, and the man responded, “You conquer evil by doing good.” This is the power of God’s word as promised in Isaiah.

“It is the same with my word.

    I send it out, and it always produces fruit.

It will accomplish all I want it to,

    and it will prosper everywhere I send it.”

Isaiah 55:11

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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