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1 | Violent correction? | Neh 13:25 | Just Read Mark | 119344 | ||
Hi Rowdy. You are saying that it is better to suffer physical loss than to lose one's soul. Fine: most people would agree. You are reading the text, putting yourself in the position of the corrected person, and saying you would like to receive correction. My question, I guess, comes from the other end. Of all the options open to a leader, is Nehemiah's example a noble one? Surely, in our society, we would consider it abusive. There are Biblical instances of people repenting, and pulling out their OWN hair. But to be forced into this stance of repentance seems both brutal and -- I would suggest -- counter productive. Is the person receiving this correction likely to love God more? Any thoughts? |
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2 | Violent correction? | Neh 13:25 | Rowdy | 119409 | ||
I'm not sure where you inferred or inserted the idea of repentance into this discussion but I would invite you to check out my recent post to CDBJ, post no 119407. In most scenarios where we see this kind of extreme drama in the Bible, like the High Priest "renting his clothes" while interigating Christ during His trial, it was done to emphasize the speaker's/renter's point. A person might say that this could possibly take the place of profanity or some other form of vocal extremeism. Instead of this kind of drama with oaths, tearing of hair or our clothes, we're now commanded by Christ Himself as follows: Matt 5:33 "Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, 'YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FALSE VOWS, BUT SHALL FULFILL YOUR VOWS TO THE LORD.' 34 "But I say to you, make no oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, 35 or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING. 36 "Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. 37 "But let your statement be, 'Yes, yes' or 'No, no'; anything beyond these is of evil. Now of course, I recognize this is tough to do for we're all human and we ALL tend to lean to a little more drama in our lives than we see in the life of Jesus. I'm not saying it's wrong to enjoy drama or comedy and the other aspects of the human side in all of us. BUT I am saying that God would like for us to graduate from the love affair with which we all seem to suffer. I'll admit, I laugh at inappropriate jokes and I still enjoy a good ole movie with lots of action. Our wives (most women in general) want to go to a movie, the proverbial chick flick or a romantic comedy. We all need to see ourselves as growing up spiritually and preferring the world of our Father without all this human excess of drama. I realize this is probably NOT going to be a very popular position for most people to adopt BUT that's the way I see it in the scriptures. Your response? God bless. --Rowdy |
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