Coals of Fire


International Standard Version But "if your enemy is hungry, feed him. For if he is thirsty, give him a drink. If you do this, you will pile burning coals on his head. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head. If he is thirsty, give him a drink. If you do this, you will make him feel guilty and ashamed.

King James Bible Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him drink: American King James Version Therefore if your enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: American Standard Version But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: Douay-Rheims Bible But if thy enemy be hungry, give him to eat; if he thirst, give him to drink. For, doing this, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.

Darby Bible Translation If therefore thine enemy should hunger, feed him; if he should thirst, give him drink; for, so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head. Victor Schertzinger as Victor L. Photos Add Image Add an image Do you have any images for this title? Edit Cast Cast overview: Nell Bradley Fred Niblo Charles Alden Melbourne MacDowell James Bradley William Elmer Steve Morrow as John P. If we are not willing then this "pot" cannot be cleaned. God created us and sometimes we, like the blacksmith who make idols, choose to dishonor our Creator by making idols in our life.

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Idols are anything that separate us from God. God will hold all those who persist in doing evil accountable for their evil.

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This is part of the heaping of coals as indicated. The physical picture of discomfort illustrates that trying to make a person in mourning happy just distresses them more. What a wonderful God he is! Finally there is a new beginning as God makes all things new. Cook the meat well with many spices. When this passage from Romans is one of the RCL readings one can only imagine what members of our congregations make of it.

He will also show us how to see clearly and impress us in ways to deal with those who wreak havoc and destruction to innocents. By holding purveyors of sexual abuse and domestic violence accountable for their actions we may save others from harm.

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This is part of the heaping of coals as indicated. It is kindness to prevent further losses by harmful people. These are powerful coals of fire and not always easily put on someone's head! How heartbreaking it is for a parent who brings a child into the world, devote time and energy to train that child, and then see the child forsake all that they have been taught that is good and take up evil perhaps even to become a murderer. So it is with God who created us, who weeps at our sin and willfulness. He aches for our companionship but instead we bring dishonor and evil in our destructive relationships with others.

Instead of reflecting His glory in our life, by doing evil we choose to bring destruction not only to ourselves but also to others. There is coming a day when all evil will be ended.

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Those who have chosen to follow God will be honored and will continue to live in His light and glory forever. How sad that those He created, who chose to follow evil, will be cut off from His life giving glory and destroyed.

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They cannot live in the light. They will not be allowed to continue living in darkness. There will be an end to their destruction. How heartbreaking to see God's tears flowing down at the final destruction of those who did not accept His salvation. Perhaps this is also why it will take us a thousand years to come to an understanding of how God feels about the lost souls.

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Then on that day of final destruction, we too will stand with God looking out from the glorious city of New Jerusalem and weep that those we knew and loved will not be there for eternity. Their evil doing will be ended forever. Finally we, who may have suffered much harm in life on this earth by evil doers, will have come to understand the terrible loss of what those evil doers might have been had they allowed God to bring change into their life. All sin is destroyed, burned with the living coals of the glory from God, the same glory that gives the saints life! All is silent and peace reigns again on the small blue planet called earth.

Finally there is a new beginning as God makes all things new.

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As little children we are taught that God is love. If God is love and His love burns away all sin, then might His love be also His glory? In His glory we either have life or death. It is this attribute that burns away all dross and evil from our life once we open ourselves to Him.

Sin cannot exist in heaven ever again. And so in the final end of sin and sinners, they cannot stand in His glory love and remain alive.

It burns them out of existence until there is nothing left. This earth is purified and made new again. It is because of this cherished love exemplified in the life of Jesus when He was here on earth and the saints who commit themselves to God and take up His gift of salvation and righteousness, that sin will never enter the universe again. All will be safe because of the experience of all who lived on this small blue planet called Earth and the Creator who recreated them into His image.

There is a powerful segment in the movie, "Babe, Pig In The City," that shows how just as the ferocious pit bull is about to get his just due when the kind hearted pig comes to his aid and saves him. The pit bull then becomes the pig's champion. All the animals that have been mistreated, abandoned, left to wander and hunger, see this happen and turn to the pig and ask for help.

This is just a wee pig with a stout kind heart that makes a difference in his world.