Dealing with Evil

I notice there’s few ways dealing with Evil (Evil people, Evil One, Evil time, etc). While often in some circles, the only way to deal is either to fight or to cast out, I found that in the Bible there’s few other ways.

1. We read how Paul does not resist or fight against the scheme of the Evil one. A few times he mentioned in his letters that Satan prevented him from doing something / going somewhere. And Paul’s response was to commit it to the Lord. He didn’t fight his way, though he knows his way would mean the propagating of the gospel.

2. We read how Jesus himself prayed to God for Peter, when Satan wanted to have him. It was not mentioned Jesus prayed for Judas though. But it is interesting that Jesus committed Peter to God. So though Peter denied him, yet his faith were restored later.

3. And from the time in Gethsemane till Calvary, Jesus did not fight back. He let the hour of darkness reign. And he mentioned that it’s the time of the Evil One, with evil people doing evil things. Seems there’s times even in history that God just let evil people triumph with their evil plans and evil deeds. Even in Old Testament, we read God let all these happens to His own people (but we know it’s for a purpose, that God’s judgment will come upon His enemies)

4. Last example but not the last in the Bible, is the account of Job. God let the devil to persecute Job. All his possessions were taken off, and his health also were taken off. And God let it happen before His eyes.

And other parts of the Bible, we read Jesus teaches his followers to let the evil person does what he likes. Paul even says that when persecuted, they bless in return. And in Proverbs it is mentioned repaying good for evil.

Hence it’s interesting how the Bible teaches us on how to respond to evil. It is very different from some circles practices that only teaches to confront and fight with force. The Bible teaches the other way around, and even some ways which are radical.

I guess this boils down to the root, that is security in God. One who’s secure in God would be able to commit everything to God’s hands. Even when evil things happens or when facing the Evil One. Like Jesus prayer…”Deliver us from the Evil”……it is the confidence in God there.

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