If you read Romans 12 and our blog post on that chapter last Sunday (see below) you probably came away like most people with a great sense understanding of your responsibility toward evil doers in your life but with an even larger gnawing at your heart for true revenge. According to last week's chapter we are not only to "NOT" render evil for evil but we are to render good for evil. But, our nature clamors for revenge on evil doers. Especially those in our personal lives. God says in chapter 12 He will take care of evil. In chapter 13 He tells me how. God has chosen to use the believing and unbelieving authority system to do His work of vengeance. God uses the authority to exact His vengeance. In Romans 13:5 that authority structure is called the "minister of God." We are skeptical, no doubt, that God is not working on the person or persons we think need His vengeance, but that is not the point. By faith we are to trust God's Word and we are to appeal to the authority to do what God called on them to do. If they don't than that is God's problem not ours. It is when we go outside the construct of authority that we are ourselves trying to exact revenge. God has put in the system the type of revenge He wants and the timing of the revenge when He wants it. God is merciful and full of grace. God will and does exact revenge in His perfect timing. It is not for us to do it for Him. We are to live in Romans 12 but God takes care of Romans 13.
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