S3:194 Psalm 109

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Watermark Community Church, Dallas, TX

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Bible, Devotional

5 • 827 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Justice has either been executed on Jesus on the cross or will be payed for for all of eternity for those who deny Christ. Join The Journey Hospitality Volunteer, Katterli Edwards joins Lauren Atkinson to talk through Psalm 109 and answer the question, "Can we curse our enemies?"

Additional scripture referenced in today's episode:
Romans 2:4, "Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?"
Matthew 5:44, "But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you"
Luke 6:32. “If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them."
Romans 12:19, "Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, 'Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.'"

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0:00.0	All right now, if we're honest, reading the Bible consistently can be a challenge, but it's never too late to start and we're in this together.
0:08.6	This is the Join the Journey podcast.
0:12.6	Thanks for joining.
0:13.9	I'm Lauren Atkinson on the Join the Journey staff team and today I am in the podcast studio with one of our Join the Journey hospitality volunteers,
0:23.5	Catterley Edwards.
0:24.9	Woo! So excited to be here.
0:26.5	Excited to have you.
0:28.0	Before we get into Psalm 109, I'd love to hear a little more of your story, Catterly,
0:32.4	of how you came to know Jesus and what life has been looking like walking with him since then?
0:38.0	I had a really early understanding of and belief in the gospel, and I believed Jesus was the
0:42.8	Son of God and he died for my sins. It was saved then, but my theory is that the enemy knew I'd be
0:47.0	a lot of trouble for him, so he had to think really hard about how to shut me down. And as a little
0:52.2	girl at 8, I found sin just wreaking havoc on my life.
0:56.0	This escalated to some pretty significant sin
0:59.7	in middle school.
1:00.4	And my life was marked by so much pain
1:02.8	from the actions of others and myself,
1:05.4	even while I was indulging in all the pleasures of the world,
1:08.3	just to no avail.
1:09.9	I thought that I was taking full advantage of
1:12.1	what Jesus was offering, but I thought the only thing he was offering was the forgiveness of my sins,
1:16.8	and it ended there, hence the sinning. And then I was 16, and I read Roman 6 for the first time,
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