(October 1, 2015)
Once
again we are given difficult counsel from the Lord, but it is important to
examine just what we are being told. The
Lord instruction is to revile not against those who revile. Notice some key elements here. First, the instruction to revile not is given
against people who are, themselves, engaging in the exact behavior that is
counseled against. It is not an excuse
to say that they acted first – they reviled first – but rather even when they
revile the Lord’s instruction is not to revile in kind.
The
second thought is that this instruction is given to those on an errand from the
Lord. So not only are they being
reviled, but they are being reviled for doing what the Lord told them to
do. Surely there could be no more unjust
reviling than this one. And yet, even
then, the Lord’s instruction is to revile not.
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