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The world Rome ruled was full of poverty, suffering, hatred and injustice. To Christians in the capital city itself, Paul offered this “strategy” for transforming that world: “Overcome evil with good.” It would sound awfully naïve—except that, looking back over 2000 years, we see that it’s made a difference (though many wrongs remain). It is still our strategy today.
- 1 Peter 2:23 cited Jesus’ example: “When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats.” What moral dangers do we create if we try to repay evil with evil, or seek revenge for wrongs done to us? Is this counsel only for powerless people, or for well-off, powerful Christians as well?
- This is a hard ideal! author Stuart Briscoe notes, “We are not to feel that there is any… insensitivity on the part of the apostle as he instructs the disciples of the Lord….On the contrary, he knew what it meant, as did his Master, to feel the heat of adversity.” In what ways would a choice to “overcome evil with good” change your life?
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