Odd question, isn’t it? I was reading Psalm 7 recently. This Psalm was written by David. He wrote it as a prayer to God to defend him against false accusations. As I read, I came to vs 3 through 5:

3      O LORD my God, if I have done this,
If there is injustice in my hands,
4      If I have rewarded evil to my friend,
         Or have plundered him who without cause was my adversary,
5      Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it;
And let him trample my life down to the ground
And lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

In these verses, David is basically declaring his innocence to God by asking God to severely punish him if he actually treated someone as his enemy who had not done anything to deserve to be treated as an enemy. The fact David prayed such a thing implies David believed that God, in fact, would grant such a request if deserved.

With our sin nature, it is all too easy to make someone our enemy and not know it until it is too late. A major sin that can cause a person to make someone their enemy without cause is the fear of man. The fear of man has many facets and can manifest itself in many different ways. One way is jealousy. Sinful jealousy is defined as:

If you think you may be experiencing jealousy, please read this resource jealousy-and-envy. We at V.I.C. Ministries strongly encourage you to seek help from your local church. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or concerns. We are here to serve you!

Do you know Jesus as Lord and Savior? His Spirit living inside of you is the only way these resources will truly help you. To accept Jesus as Lord and Savior, you must accept that God has standards and that you have failed to meet them. We all have. The Bible calls this sin (Romans 3:23). The Bible also says that sin is deserving of death (Romans 6:23) and to spend eternity in a place that even God calls hell. This means everyone who has ever lived including me and you (Romans 3:1-951-760-1797. The good news is, God also provided the only acceptable way that we could have our sins forgiven, once and for all time (1 Peter 3:18)! The only one who has ever met God’s standards is the Son of God, Jesus Christ. Jesus came to earth to pay the penalty that we owe to God for failing to meet His standards. He suffered the most excruciating death known to man, death on a cross, so that we could be made right in God’s eyes (Philippians 2:8). And He rose again three days later (1 Corinthians 15: 3-4) so that we could have eternal life with God in Heaven! Glory to His name!

“… if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;
for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.” –

Romans 10:9,10

It is our prayer that you would come to know Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior today!

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