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NASB | 1 Peter 2:19 For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Peter 2:19 For this finds favor, if a person endures the sorrow of suffering unjustly because of an awareness of [the will of] God. |
Subject: What's the proper response to injustice? |
Bible Note: Hello: Where have you been? By that statement, I mean several things. First: Why have you not come into this discussion before? You can ask me the same thing, because I ask myself the same thing. I wonder if we have the same reason. Second: Have you not been to the churches? Even if Aixen had not talked about it, have you not seen injustice there? Third: Have you actually read the thread? It seems that Aixen is saying there is injustice for two reasons. 1. People with needs are not getting their needs met. Have you not seen that? 2. People with spiritual gifts are denied an opportunity to exercise those gifts. Have you not seen that? In so far as it is true that some gifts and some needs are systematically ignored, it is unjust. What do you think? Aixen speaks about fear, but I think he is actually very brave. It takes a brave person to point this out, since many see it and do not have the courage to speak up. He has brought it up. It remains to be seen whether he himself will be ignored or attacked for doing so. I am not here to defend the brother. But I wonder why others have not seen what he has seen. Perhaps it is because he travels a lot and visits many churches. But now he has talked about it, I wonder why it is hard for you to even understand what he has said. What would you do about the case of that young man that he spoke about? That person introduced a program into a church and ran it for a short time. Then it was summarily taken away from him and given to others. Would you say that was injustice? Or would you do like someone else has done, to imagine reasons why they had just reasons to do that? Or should he say to the young man that he should “keep hoeing”? I am sure that Aixen could elaborate and illustrate with many stories, but I do not think we need to prove the point that there is injustice. If you have not seen it yourself, then you may not understand. The Bible talks about it and we need ideas from the Bible to deal with it. |