Here is perfect hatred expressed against the enemies of God. It is the hatred each of us should have to properly honor our holy God. You need to ask yourself right now, "Are Christ’s enemies my enemies?" If they are not, you do not love the Lord as you should! (111)

God’s army in every place needs the war psalms of the Prince of Peace. The Christian church has lost its military vision because the pulpit has been ashamed of the battle cries from the Psalms. (77)

We must be candid enough to acknowledge that to pray for the extension of God’s kingdom is to solicit the destruction of all other kingdoms. This is the unique prayer life of the disciples of Christ. When we pray as Jesus taught us, we cry out to God for His blessings upon His church and for His curses upon the kingdom of the evil one. As Harry Mennega succinctly stated, "Advance and victory for the Church means retreat and defeat for the kingdom of darkness." (52)

Prayer and preaching are the powerful weapons that overcome the world! We pray for the destruction of the evil empire, and through these prayers God brings down the very gates of hell in the name of Jesus Christ. Where do we learn to pray like this? From these very prayers that have been cast off as "out-of-date," "devilish," and "inferior" — the imprecatory psalms. That’s why we must faithfully preach from these psalms and pray them in the Lord Jesus Christ. (89)

And God will hear our prayer in Jesus’ name. He can be trusted to bring perfect justice in His own time. We have the privilege of teaching God’s people to trust the God who will not be mocked. (79)

James E. Adams, War Psalms of the Prince of Peace
Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 1991.

This will be the final post on the imprecatory psalms.

I encourage you to gain an understanding of the proper place of imprecatory prayers, and then make them an integral part of your spiritual life.

I will again credit War Psalms of the Prince of Peace by James E. Adams for this series of blog entries. One reason why I borrowed so much from this book is to advertise it to you by showing you some of the choice quotes from this book.

Looking at the quotes aren’t enough, since there is a biblical basis for the use of these psalms, and this is what you really need to understand and teach others. The quotes that I have shown you do not at all cover this, but it is competently expounded throughout the book.

Recommended:

The Imprecatory Psalms (1)

The Imprecatory Psalms (2)

The Imprecatory Psalms (3)

The Imprecatory Psalms (4)

The Imprecatory Psalms (5)

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