Can you think of someone who is wise in his own eyes? The Bible describes a person like that by using a word that I don’t like to use. Therefore, I checked with 22 different translations to find one that uses a word that I like better, but all 22 use the word “fool.”
The New King James Version says: “Do you see a person wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him” (Proverbs 26:12) Humm. It’s best not to put your trust and hope in a person who boast about his own wisdom. Self-righteousness is a great sin. Instead of drawing people to Jesus with love and compassion, it proudly pushes people away from Him.
Contrary to popular opinion accusation, blame, and revenge are not the wisest or most effective ways to deal with your enemies. The Bible has a better more effective technique. Jesus said to love, bless, and pray for your enemies. (Matthew 5:44) The book of Proverbs says to give your enemy food and drink. (Proverbs 25:21-22) Paul said to not take revenge but to overcome evil with good. (Romans 12:17-21)
Do present day American Christians believe the Bible enough to do all of that? I don’t see much enemy loving, blessing, and feeding going on in the USA or on social media. Perhaps it is time to do what the Bible says and not just to hear talks about it.
God’s high calling for all Christians is to seek, embrace, and live by Christ’s perspective instead of by our own point of view and traditions. To do that we have to be willing to die to our own thoughts, feelings, desires, and opinions and then follow and obey the risen Jesus instead of following and obeying our own traditions and belief system.
Jesus isn’t religious and He isn’t political. Read the Gospels and you will see that the religious people pressured the political people to torture and execute Jesus, but He rose above them both. Now Jesus is alive and present today to call His followers away from religiosity and politics and into radical, self-denying, Spirit-led obedience to Him.
Don’t worry. “Worglee!” Train your brain to hope, to love your enemies, and to be happy.
The way to make
America great
Isn’t to hate
And demonize
Democrats and
Undocumented
Immigrants,
Or any person.
It’s to spread God’s love
To everyone
Even your enemies!
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