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2026年9月4日｜灵修经文：马太福音 5:38–39

「你们听见有话说：‘以眼还眼，以牙还牙。’
只是我告诉你们：不要与恶人作对。有人打你的右脸，连左脸也转过来由他打。」
——马太福音 5:38–39

人的本能，是受到伤害以后想要还击。

别人怎样对我，
我也怎样对他；
别人说一句伤我的话，
我也想用一句更重的话回应。

但耶稣说：

「不要与恶人作对。」

这并不是叫我们纵容罪恶，也不是说面对不公义时不能保护自己。

耶稣所触摸的，是我们的心——
不要让报复成为我们的回应。

「以眼还眼，以牙还牙」原本是为了限制报复；
但耶稣把我们带到更高之处：

你不一定要把别人给你的伤害，再还给他。

有人打你的右脸，连左脸也转过来，
不是因为你软弱，
而是因为你不再让对方的行为控制你的生命。

别人可以选择怎样对待你，
但在基督里，
你仍然可以选择怎样回应。

当人用愤怒对你，
你可以选择温柔；

当人误解你，
你可以选择不报复；

当人伤害你，
你可以把审判和伸冤的权柄交给神。

真正的得胜，不是「我终于还回去了」，
而是：

别人伤害了我，
却不能使我成为一个充满苦毒和报复的人。

耶稣自己就是最完全的榜样。

祂被辱骂，却不还口；
祂受害，却不说威吓的话；
祂把自己交托给那按公义审判人的主。

今天，也许有人让你委屈，
也许有一句话仍然留在你的心里。

主邀请我们把它交给祂。

不是否认伤害，
而是不让伤害继续掌管我们的心。

不要让别人的恶，决定你的回应；
让基督在你里面的爱，决定你的回应。

祷告

主耶稣，
当我受到伤害、误解和冒犯时，求你保守我的心。
使我不以恶报恶，也不让苦毒和报复在里面扎根。
赐我智慧分辨什么时候需要设立界限，
也赐我恩典饶恕，把伸冤的权柄交在你手中。

愿我不是被人的行为牵动，
而是被你的爱引导。

让我以善胜恶，以爱回应伤害，活出属于基督的自由。

奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。

Don’t Let Other People’s Evil Determine Your Response

September 4, 2026 | Devotional Scripture: Matthew 5:38–39

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’
But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.”
— Matthew 5:38–39

Our natural instinct is to fight back when we are hurt.

If someone treats us badly,
we want to treat them the same way.
If someone says something hurtful to us,
we may want to respond with something even harsher.

But Jesus says:

“Do not resist an evil person.”

This does not mean that we should tolerate evil, nor does it mean that we cannot protect ourselves when we face injustice.

Jesus is addressing something deeper—our hearts.

Do not let retaliation become our response.

“Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth” was originally given to limit retaliation. But Jesus calls us to something higher:

We do not have to return the hurt that others have given us.

When Jesus says that if someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other cheek also, it is not because you are weak.

It is because you refuse to allow another person’s actions to control your life.

Others may choose how they treat you,
but in Christ,
you can still choose how you respond.

When others respond to you with anger,
you can choose gentleness.

When others misunderstand you,
you can choose not to retaliate.

When others hurt you,
you can entrust judgment and vindication to God.

True victory is not saying, “At last, I paid them back.”

True victory is this:

Someone may have hurt me,
but they cannot turn me into a person filled with bitterness and revenge.

Jesus Himself is our perfect example.

When He was insulted, He did not retaliate.
When He suffered, He made no threats.
Instead, He entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly.

Perhaps today someone has made you feel deeply wronged,
or perhaps certain words still remain painfully in your heart.

The Lord invites you to place them into His hands.

This does not mean denying the hurt.
It means refusing to allow that hurt to continue ruling your heart.

Don’t let other people’s evil determine your response;
let the love of Christ within you determine your response.

Prayer

Lord Jesus,
when I am hurt, misunderstood, or offended, guard my heart.

Help me not to repay evil with evil, and do not allow bitterness or revenge to take root within me.

Give me wisdom to know when I need to set healthy boundaries, and give me the grace to forgive and entrust vindication into Your hands.

May I not be controlled by the actions of others,
but be led by Your love.

Help me overcome evil with good, respond to hurt with love, and live in the freedom that belongs to those who are in Christ.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.