Why Can’t We All Just Get Along

July 26, 2010 by
Filed under: Godly Principles 

       In the movie; “A Few Good Men,” Tom Cruise played a young JAG lawyer, while his co-star Jack Nicholson played a highly decorated but arrogant colonel. While questioning the colonel on the witness stand, their conversation became highly adversarial. The lawyer hollered at the colonel “I want the truth.” The colonel hollered back; “You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth.” In this same way, I believe most Christians cannot handle the truth. We cannot handle the fact that Christians are supposed to be different than the world. God wants us to humble, God wants us to be gracious, and God wants us to love, not hate.
        Humility was one of the major characteristics of our Lord Jesus during His 3½ year ministry on this earth. He told us; “Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.” Matt. 5:5. God tells us in the book of Psalms 37:11“…the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.” The Bible is telling us here that without screaming and rabblerousing, we have power when we keep our mouths shut.
       To be Christian means that we are imitators of the Christ and must obey the law of God and of Jesus. What we find in many Christians however, is arrogance, conceit, anger, stinginess, greed, bigotry, even hatred of fellow Christians. This is not just a congregational thing; this is ushers, deacons, and ministers, even pastors. People who have pledged their allegiance to God and His service now find themselves feeling superior to others.
       The Bible tells us that; “When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.” Prov. 11:2 NIV It was pride that got Satan and his gang kicked out of Heaven. The Bible tells us that “A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.” Prov. 29:23 KJV The key to wisdom and God’s blessing is humility.
       The Bible is exhorting us to be more like Jesus than that old man within us. Have we really changed when we were saved? The Lord says that “…in humility (we are to) consider others better than ourselves.” Phil. 2:3 NIV I will leave you with this one last word that Paul wrote to Titus because it is so important that we really get it. He wrote: “Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and to show true humility toward all men.” Titus 3:1-2 NIV

© 2010, Rev. Raymond E. Williams, Jr.. All rights reserved.

Written by: Rev. Raymond E. Williams, Jr., is a part of Naima & Friends Network, a subsidiary of NWC Ministries. on July 26, 2010.
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