I was reading through the gospels and that led me to meditate on the discussion style of Jesus.If we closely follow the discussion style adopted by Jesus , we would see that he reacted in three different ways to three different groups of people.
If we adopt His style of reacting, it would help us a lot in our day-to-day life and also in our facebook discussions.Now let us see the different reaction styles of Jesus
1) Reaction to Sinners and Non believers.
- When Jesus met Sinners ( fraudulent-tax-collectors and prostitutes), he never condemned them. He enquired about them. He showed Love to them. (The woman in the well ~ John 4:1-42)
- He did not allow other so-called-religious people to question them. ( The woman caught in adultery ~ John 8 :1-11)
- His love and his affection won them. He was always ready to accept them and forgive them and give them a new life.
2) Reaction to Personal Insults.
- When Jesus was personally insulted as one who is doing miracles with an evil spirit, he never sought for revenge. He just told them that He was being guided by the father in heaven. He never attacked them back
- When Jesus was betrayed by Judas and when he went through suffering, people slapped him, hit him with rods, spat at him and even scourged him. But he did not hit them back. He never seeked revenge. He died for their sins too
- When Jesus was at the cross, some people called to him "If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross". Jesus was just silent. He did not say " Wait and see after three days, I will rise again"
- He just ignored personal insults.
3) Reaction against False Preachers
- Jesus became violent when ever his father's name was taken in vain.
- He drove away the money changers (John 2) at the beginning of his ministry. He again drove them away ~one day after palm sunday. He hated people doing business using God's name
- He went on a rampage against the Pharisees and scribes who twisted the word of God for their personal profit. ( Matthew 23). He warned his disciples to be careful of the leaven of the false teachers.
How do we react to situtations like this?
- Most of the time, we throw stones at non-believers when they are caught in sin (Nithyananda is a classic example)
- Most of the time, we take revenge when someone insults us.
- Most of the time, we blindly follow false teachers and their teachings.
The three reaction styles of Jesus are now adopted in various contexts in lot of business houses and corporates. Corporate houses have found the secret. But many Christians have not found the secret yet. It is tough to react like Jesus. But when we become His children, He will guide us and He will help us to behave like him. Let us give our lives to Jesus.
Shielded in God's Love
- Prason
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