Say youβre moving to a new school. The principal is a very kind guy, and he says to his students βWe shouldnβt bully, we shouldnβt judge, we shouldnβt get revenge because I donβt do that, and if I can hold it back, you can too.β He preaches about kindness and respect.
But then there comes a teacher and she bullies a student. Then comes another teacher and he judges everyone and throws insults their way. And there comes third teacher and he holds grudges and always gets his revenge. At this point, once you annoy him, he will hate you forever. None of them forgive.
Now you donβt want to move in that school anymore, do you? And you start doubting the principal because what if he is lying just for his image? What if heβs lying just to uplift his reputation? Even if heβs being truthful and actually is that kind, why does it matter? I mean, you donβt encounter him unless youβre brought to him, and these teachers donβt bring you to him, they judge and punish you on their own instead, they go against the principalβs wishes.
And the principal knows this, but he is so kind that he cannot fire any of the teachers, he constantly gives them second, third, seventy-third chances so they can change, yet they donβt change. But eventually, time will come and they will depart from him, since thereβs only so much time the teachers can spend in that school.
Now picture it this way: teachers are us - Christians, students are every other people and the principal is Jesus. When we insult nonbelievers, when we judge nonbelievers, when we threaten and bully them, the only thought entering their heads are: βso Jesus is this evil huh, then I donβt want to follow him.β
So, the moral of the story is that nonbelievers look at us - Christians, the way we act, the way we think because we resemble Jesus Christ, the same way teachers resemble the principal.
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