Loving Enemies

Chris Christie and Heaping Hot Coals

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I used this a while back in a sermon to show the truth of Scripture’s admonition to love and bless your enemies, by which you heap hot coals on their head and receive reward from the Lord (Proverbs 25:21-22, Romans 12:20).
At the end of a gubernatorial debate, Chris Christie and his opponent Barbara Buono were both asked to share something nice (link includes video clip) about their opponents.  Buono took the opportunity to get in another jab, which initially looks like a positive for her in the debate.
“Well he’s good on late night TV, he’s just not so good in New Jersey,” she said as the crowd cheered.

Christie, instead, really DID say something nice, and the truth of Scripture became obvious.  The Washington Examiner even referenced the Scriptural idea of “heaping hot coals” in their article title that I linked to above.

“She’s obviously a good and caring mother and someone who cares deeply about public service in this state and she’s dedicated a lot of her life to it,” Christie said.  “And while we have policy disagreements, Christine, I would never denigrate her service and I think we need more people who care enough about our communities to be able to stand up and do the job that she’s done over the last 20 years.”

A brilliant political move, but it worked because it is God’s truth.

Would work with: Proverbs 25, Romans 12, 2 Kings 6, Exodus 23