Article of Faith
Fools -By Joe Dauda
My client in the United States once said that she parked her car, went into a place (her house? I can’t remember) and then walked out only to see that her car had been stolen. Instead of going into a tailspin, she just shrugged and said “Well, let him have it.” I guess she felt sorry for the thief.
A thief is a fool because he does not pause to consider that, as long as there are thieves like him around, the world would never be a safe place. He never realizes that he is heaping up his stolen goods only for them to be stolen by another thief more greedy than himself, especially because he eminently qualifies for that calamity, based on the law of sowing and reaping.
What is true of the thief is also true of the philander. A philanderer fails to understand that what he has done and is doing to other ladies will be done to his daughter(s). After all, he is not the only guy in town that loves to hit and run: he has many colleagues in the business and, as time progresses and iniquity abounds (Matthew 24:12), these colleagues in the business are likely to be more brutal than he ever was, making this man’s daughters worse victims. All it takes is time — and the clock is ticking.
As for the murderer, the rule is that, except for cases where God’s prerogative of mercy imposes an exemption, if you murder someone, you will not die naturally: you yourself will also be murdered by another person. Some people will be skinned alive or burnt to death as an equivalent of the vicious deaths they have brought on others.
People oppress others because they have the opportunity to do so, not bearing the fact in mind that they could become victims of other oppressors more vicious than themselves. This so-called law of karma is locked into life’s existence by the One Who I fondly refer to as The Engineer!
Galatians 6:7
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”
In other words, “Bros, don’t think you’re smart enough to fool God. He has set things up such that, whether while deceiving yourself or while being honest, you will reap the results of your actions.”
And there is nothing anyone can do about this law.
Understanding this law means you should pity rather than envy an oppressor. And the thief also deserves sympathy. My client in the United States once said that she parked her car, went into a place (her house? I can’t remember) and then walked out only to see that her car had been stolen. Instead of going into a tailspin, she just shrugged and said “Well, let him have it.” I guess she felt sorry for the thief.
It will hurt if someone does to you any of those things God forbids in His Commandments — lie against you, take your wife, steal from you, or kill you. So these commandments are good and every adult knows this. But we inwardly fool ourselves into thinking that we can steal and yet expect God to send His angels to protect our goods from other thieves; we fool ourselves into thinking that there will be no consequences for our sins when we know all along that that can never be the case. Oh! That “terrible” conscience the omniscient God put in us would not just let us be. It tells us “this is wrong” or “that is not fair”; yet we think to ourselves: perhaps because I’m so smart, I can outsmart nemesis. Some believe their good deeds can atone for their bad deeds. How absurd! What if these bad deeds included murder? How does your helping the poor or volunteering for free community service clear you from the sin of destroying another person’s life or taking away the innocence of a teenage girl? Lack of humility makes some people think that accepting God’s forgiveness is such a terrible option. They want to save themselves. Interestingly, all false religions are based on this idea of doing good to atone for sins committed. Jesus Christ, on the other hand, offered His life as the Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world — including your horrible sins, if you will just accept Him.
How you treat other human beings is a big deal with God — I mean the only true God Who created the world in six days and rested on the seventh day.
This is why whoever treats his neighbour as he wants to be treated is terribly wise. That is the sort of person you should envy. And, of course, try to emulate.
The person that does unto others as he wants others to do unto him is not just wise: he will inherit the kingdom of God. So says the Master Himself:
Matthew 7:12
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Did you know that the above words were said by Jesus Christ?
May God have mercy on all of us.
