#218 - Kyle Thompson // He is Not Vengeful, but Forgiving

The Daily Blade: Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson

Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson

Devotional, Christianity, Mens Devo, Daily Mens Devotional, Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Devo, Joby Martin

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🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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We unpack Job 31:29–30 to show why respectable men refuse vengeance and choose forgiveness, even when wronged. Real cases and Scripture reveal how mercy forms trustworthy husbands and steadies homes. • Job 31 as a lens for respectability • Forgiveness over vengeance as a heart reflex • Proverbs 24 warning against celebrating ruin • Public malice versus private restraint • Courtroom forgiveness and moral courage • Gospel power from Romans 5 to forgive enemies • Marriage and leadership shaped ...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Daily Blade. The Word of God is described as the sword of the spirit, the primary spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil.
0:11.4	Your hosts are Joby Martin and Kyle Thompson, and they stand ready to equip men for the fight. Let's sharpen up.
0:20.3	All right, guys, let's go ahead and wrap up the week. This week on
0:22.8	the Daily Blade, we're leaning on the work of Al Robertson as it pertains to men being respectable
0:27.0	in the context of marriage. So Al uses Job 31 to elucidate that, and we're spending some time
0:31.7	in those passages of the Old Testament this week. And yesterday we used Job 31 versus 16, 17, and 24
0:37.3	to show how men should display
0:38.7	consistent generosity and encourage contentment over greed. So today we're looking at Job 31 versus
0:44.2	29 and 30. Let's go ahead and look at that now. Job 31 versus 29 and 30. If I have rejoiced at the
0:50.0	ruin of him who hated me or exalted when evil overtook him, I have not let my mouth sin
0:55.2	by asking for his life with a curse. So how is a man respectable? He is not vengeful, but forgiving.
1:04.0	Now, I want you guys to think of a time when you were wronged. Okay, so I don't really want to
1:08.6	give any specific examples because I know that each of us has been wronged and some of you in horrifically evil ways, but just go ahead and get that instance in your mind.
1:18.0	So in almost all of those instances, the wrong that was done to you is done by a person or a multitude of people, right?
1:24.6	These people may have been in positions of trust or power or authority,
1:28.3	they took advantage of you and hurt you in some way. So think about it. Now, was your default response
1:35.3	to these people forgiveness or vengeance? And I don't mean how did you eventually respond. I mean,
1:42.8	in the moment, your knee-jerk reaction,
1:45.2	was it forgiveness or vengeance? Was it mercy or violence?
1:51.3	Now, I would assume for most of us, even those of us that are pretty far down our sanctification journeys,
1:56.1	you defaulted to vengeance. And guys, I'm the same way. If we're being honest, we have or would have
2:02.3	rejoiced in the ruin of that person because there are enemy. You know, when evil has overtaken
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