Monday, October 17, 2016
Raising the Bar
I have no problem with not killing someone (although sometimes, I admit, I am tempted.) But at times I do have trouble not getting angry at someone. It may be because I am frustrated about something, and I take it out on someone who has nothing to do with the source of my frustration. Sometimes there is a legitimate reason for my anger, but my anger can be disproportionate to the offense. Jesus asks me to love my enemies. Sometimes I find it difficult even to love my friends, if they have done something to me I disliked. How can Jesus expect me to love my enemies? To do good to those who hurt me? If I am to be a true follower of Jesus, I have to try. I have to imitate the one who even forgave his tormentors from the cross.
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Following the 10 commandments can be hard for me. This can be because at times at get so angry that I take it out on someone else. The anger I get can be because of some situation that happened that made me realize my existence, my way of being my lifestyle or even my roots. In the other hand, with he help of Jesus, I'm able to control my self at times and even go an extra mile just because Jesus raised the bar for me. My expectations are more at a higher level and therefore, I can be a more better person.
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ReplyDeleteJesus doesn't set the bar for me. I believe the set bar I have is to not take things for grant. Whenever i complain about something due to the fact I dislike it. I forget those who do not have the same opportunities as me. Such as the homeless out on the street. I will just break things and threw them away as if there always a new one. But to others damaging something is the last thing they want to do. As for it is priceless.So by taking care of the little things in life and not taking a anything for grant, I will become a better person.
ReplyDeleteThis is really really interesting to me. I even went through situations like that almost all the time. Sometimes it could be easy to love your enemies but it's not. Examples: the person won't stop bothering me and I tell him a bunch of times to stop or someone punch me in the face for some odd reason. It's hard to forgive someone that you don't like but it is easy to kill or hurt someone or something's feelings in general. Killing is wrong, and you can be forgiven but the reason we don't do it is breaking God's 7th rule, thou shall not kill.
ReplyDeleteThis excerpt caught the attention for me personally. from experience i can say that following jesus' rule is hard. taking it to the extreme will never be hard for me. for example, killing someone is something i will never do, thats just me. But minor things like getting mad or getting angry at someone is something thats hard for me, god says to forgive. even though i try not to disobey jesus, i sometimes can't help it. i know that jesus expects me to forgive my enemies. but it takes practice,
ReplyDeleteI went in a situation that I got blamed for watt I didn't do. The person did something bad and at the end of the day he told the teacher I did it. It is kind of hard to forgive someone you are not friends with but is easy to hurt someone else is feelings. Hurting or killing someone is wrong.
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DeleteWith this situation, its kind of difficult to dealt with.As we all know that human being is being tempted every time in different ways, but most of them can't handle it they gave up easily. They can't even try a little to go across the first bar.Jesus commanded to us that though shall not call your brother fool, forget even about calling him fool but thinking that he's fool. The one which He said we shall not commit adultery in our heart, raised the bar all the way up for me, like few years ago, because I explicitly remember when I saw a girl or attractive women in the media my mind will already think negative staff about about them. but when I heard about all this someone preaching I started changing a little bit and now they are my sisters when I saw them again. It was really back breaking but we should at least try our best to staff like that when God raised the bar like that way, we should to the next bar altogether.
ReplyDeleteI believe the Bar that God has set for us is hard but not impossible. For me I work on forgiving others everyday because I know God forgives us for our sins. It takes time to forgive people. It's even more difficult to forgive family members. It's hard to forgive family members because they are suppose to be the people you love and can be honest with. When in reality those are the people who are the first to hurt you. I feel bad because anger and resentment holds me back due from forgiving them due to the pain that has happen in the past. I'm working on meeting the bar because I know if I don't it'll affect my relationships with not only people but also with God.
ReplyDeleteWhen our enemy hurts us badly Jesus wants us to raise the bar and still treat them as our loving neighbor. Why? That's because it's a test from God, to show that we believe in the process and path he makes us follow. The journey with God is going to be a roller coaster of ups and downs. The path he makes for you isn't going to be easy or simple. Everyone finds loving a enemy hard because of all the wrong things they did unto you which made you feel pain mentally, physically, and spiritually. From a personal perspective, when I was an unbeliever I had a lot of grudges with people that I wouldn't forget. Until the day I was saved and became a believer, I started to take some time to think about all the harsh times that one person or more made me feel. And soon I realized it was a challenge that I had to go through in order to help me understand that God wants me to be kind to people who may be a pain in your life. Cause in the future that enemy might change because of you acting loving towards him or her.
ReplyDeletewhen Jesus raise the bar for me is like when tempting me,i remember when i was playing a soccer at school,a friend kicked me form another school and i was really norting they day.i feit like killing that him but with that.
ReplyDeleteI think God was raising the bar for me
Every time somebody does something bad to me Jesus will always set a high bar for me to see what i do. I honestly wont do anything because i say life will not all ways be this way. That god will punish them worst then i ever will. To be honest it is very hard to follow that path or bar now a days because people only make fun of other people for there own amusement and only do it to make friends and never think how it feels to effect others. For the people that are effected that bar is to high for them. Because all they want to do to the bully is kill them or make fun of them the way they do to others. One way or another life will turn out in a good way for you and that bully will change his or her life.
ReplyDeleteI have to trust my neighbor. It is in the bible. It is one of the number one laws that God gave us to follow. If i do not follow it I will not achieve salvation. Even when I am in a bad mood I must think about Jesus and his teachings. To love and not to hate is the goal
ReplyDeleteThe Ten Commandments are pretty much easy to follow, I won't be able to commit adultary or kill someone becuase they are really bad things to do. I wouldn't be able to convince myself to actually kill someone. But then when Jesus raises the bar by saying do not even be angry with your brother for you are killing him in heart. That is really hard to do, even if forgave them after they did something to me, in my heart I would have killed them. I understand that we are humans, and it is part human nature to get angry, but I should still try to be like Jesus. The one who forgave his killers.
ReplyDeleteThis excerpt caught the attention for me personally. from experience i can say that following jesus' rule is hard. taking it to the extreme will never be hard for me. for example, killing someone is something i will never do, thats just me. But minor things like getting mad or getting angry at someone is something thats hard for me, god says to forgive. even though i try not to disobey jesus, i sometimes can't help it. i know that jesus expects me to forgive my enemies. but it takes practice,
ReplyDeleteBecause if you pray for your enemy and love your enemy as your self God will grant you to become close to those you we distant to whom did you harm
ReplyDeleteIt would be hard for me to love someone who has done wrong to me. How could I love someone who has hurt me and then I accept them back. For me I don't think I could do that depending on the situation.
ReplyDeleteI believe the bar that God has set for us is hard but not impossible. For me I work on forgiving others people everyday because I know God forgives us for our sins.I must forgiveness everybody, to pray for yourself and people,to help poor if you can then say every time God blessed you and your enemies even its difficult have a good heart I think its that God love and Jesus like we do in our life.
ReplyDeleteTo love my enemies would be a very difficult task because to me my enemies would be the people who have harmed me physically or those who have disrespected my trust. In order for me to trust I must first be able to forgive my enemies which is also a difficult task for me, but I then think of God and realize how many times we hurt him or disrespect him with our sins and through all that he can still forgive us and love us.
ReplyDeleteI believe the bar God has set us very hard, but is not impossible. It may be very hard to forgive people for bad things that they do, but we do bad things all the time. No matter what it is it's still a bad thing. And we need to be able to realize that we need to forgive even if it hurts yourself.
ReplyDeleteI believe that god raised the bar for me because if it wasn't for him I don't know where my faith would be without him. In addition to that I pray every night so that he can keep me safe for the next day. Also make me do right and not wrong.
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