Footstools Out of Enemies

Author

Wes Schaeffer
January 30, 2019

From today’s reading…

But this one offered one sacrifice for sins,

and took his seat forever at the right hand of God;

now he waits until his enemies are made his footstool.”

Dang! “…now he waits until his enemies are made his footstool.”

That’s some real OG stuff right there.

That’s “300” kind of language.

That would scare Jules Winnfield in “Pulp Fiction” if he heard that kind of talk.

Yes, Jesus is kind and merciful. He’s…

“Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter,

and as a lamb before its shearer is silent,

so he opened not his mouth.” Acts 8:32

But He  came to do what had to be done and He did it to perfection and now He waits. 

Let’s talk about doing what needs to be done and doing it to perfection.

Today I had a little tussle with a vendor who had created some factually-incorrect marketing material about a company whose product I resell, Keap CRM, so I took them to task online.

It became readily apparent that they could not take the heat as well as they could dish it out and before long the CEO of the company hits me up on my Twitter DM with “To be honest as a fellow christ [sic] follower it sadden’s [sic] me that you…”

Okay. Stop right there.

The scariest thing I can hear in business is “You can trust me, I’m a Christian.”

My immediate reply is to grab my wallet with both hands, take off my watch and lock in a drawer, and think “Don’t throw that at me.”

Walk your talk as Assisi reminded us, “Preach the Gospel at all times. Use words if necessary.” 

And if you don’t like getting called on the carpet and reply with the argument of “What would Jesus do?” I give you the attached image of Jesus making a whip and turning over tables and driving out the money changers in the temple.

Need another example of how one of Jesus’s primary disciples treated those not acting properly?

Do you want proof, you ignoramus, that faith without works is useless?”

Paul didn’t mix words in his letter to James. Was Paul not doing the work of Jesus?

In Luke 17:3 Jesus says

Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.”

Rebuke is a verb meaning “to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.”

It’s not a little whisper or recommendation. It’s basically an ass-whoopin’ as needed.

If you think Jesus was a pacifist you need to find a new Bible study group. He was a tough, manly man who surrounded himself with manly men. Fishermen with short tempers willing to cut the ears off of their assailants.

He could—and did—take a beating that would’ve killed 10 men. And He flipped over tables and called people out for their idiotic ways.

Yet He still loved them. 

He just didn’t like how they were conducting themselves at the time.

Learn the difference so you are not rebuked and are able to rebuke but you are also able to forgive, because that’s the only way to…

Stay the course. Keep the faith. Endure.