Doing Right When Wronged

What does it mean to face evil not with retaliation, but with something far more powerful? This message takes us into one of the most challenging corners of the Christian life: how we respond when we have been genuinely, deeply wronged. We begin by confronting an uncomfortable truth that abuse is not merely a mistake or a misunderstanding. It is a heinous evil, one that strikes at the full humanity of another person made in the image of God. Scripture makes clear that God cares deeply about the vulnerable, and that those who take advantage of them do so at great spiritual cost to themselves. From 1 Peter 3 to Malachi 2, the Bible speaks with striking directness about the responsibility we carry toward one another, especially within the most intimate relationships of our lives. But this message does not stop at naming the wound. It walks us toward something harder and more hopeful: the possibility of genuine healing and the supernatural capacity to respond to evil with good. Romans 12 becomes our map, reminding us that to repay evil with evil is to hand victory over to the very evil we despise. The gospel, it turns out, is not just good news for eternity. It is the only power strong enough to free us from the grip of what has been done to us.

Chapter 1: Abuse Defined: A Heinous Evil - 0:00 - 17:45

Abuse is identified as a deeply corrupt and heinous evil that denies the full humanity of those made in God's image, and Scripture makes clear that God cares deeply about the vulnerable.

Chapter 2: The Deep Wounds of Abuse: Harm and Shame - 17:45 - 28:28

Abuse causes profound physical and psychological harm, and one of its most pervasive effects is shame, which can leave victims feeling contaminated, unworthy, and silenced.

Chapter 3: Overcoming Evil with Good: The Response Romans 12 Calls Us To - 28:28 - 43:39

Romans 12 calls us to overcome evil not by repaying it in kind but by responding with a wise, accurate, volitional, and patient love that is only made possible through the gospel.