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1 | How should we deal with difficult people | Matt 5:39 | Makarios | 7292 | ||
How should we deal with 'difficult people' in our lives? Now a 'difficult person' can be anyone from a spouse, a relative, a fellow co-worker or even a fellow member of the Forum! :) Does this verse mean that we should give in (as Christians) to the people that seem to give us a hard time? Should we be 'door mats' to people? | ||||||
2 | How should we deal with difficult people | Matt 5:39 | Morant61 | 7302 | ||
Greetings Nolan! I have a little different take on this issue than most people (that I know.) I think Mt. 5:38-42 absolutely teaches that Christians are not to be people who "resist" evil people, in the sense of claiming our rights. The issue in this passage was how to respond when someone went beyond their legal limits in their relationship with you. The Law gave answers to each of the situations listed in Mt. 5:38-42, but Jesus said that we should not avail ourselves of their remedies, but go "the extra mile." I think the issue really revolves around our attitude when we are mistreated. Christians should not retaliate in kind. Christians should not be angry. Christians should not try to get even or gain the upper hand. Christians should simply "turn the other check" and then (Mt. 5:42-48) love our enemies. Most will view this as being a door mat! I prefer to see it as modeling ourselves after Christ, who suffered without saying a word. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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3 | How should we deal with difficult people | Matt 5:39 | glory777 | 7311 | ||
I know the first thing I try to do (and the right thing to do) is to pray for them. Romans 12:14 says to bless them. It is amazing how your attitude changes toward the ones you pray for. But I don't think if we are slapped on one cheek we should stick our other cheek on the person's fist. Even Jesus overturned the money changer's tables. But I know, from personal experience, that retaliaton does not portray what a Christian is. If it is a difficult situation, and you have done whatever you can do to extricate yourself from the situation, consider it as persecution and as an opportunity to show, without words, what Jesus would do. | ||||||