On a Facebook page one day I responded to a post about entertainers
swearing. I said that I felt that
cursing and dirty jokes were unnecessary for performers to be funny. In the
course of the conversation that followed, I was told to “do the Christian thing
and walk away.” I replied that the Christian thing was really to preach the
Word and quoted II Timothy 4:2.
Isn’t it interesting that the majority of people today view
Christians as spineless and Jesus as Mr. Milquetoast and expect them to walk
away instead of standing for what is right. This verse today shows that Jesus
spoke the truth in love – even if it was harsh.
The truth offends.
Now, the question is whether I have enough courage to be like Jesus and
speak the truth. Do I love someone
enough to tell them about Jesus? Am I being Christlike? Am I doing the
Christian thing? Or am I a Mr. Milquetoast?
“Ye are of your father
the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the
beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When
he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of
it.” John 8:44.
© copyright Kevin T Boekhoff
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