The first and enduring reactions to pressure upon Christians from any direction is to be:
"Easily entreated," James 3:17. Not argumentive and stubborn, especially about
trivia.
"Joy," James 1:2. Not complaining about injustice or inequity being placed upon them. Real Christians, including Women, are to be ready to take the heat for others' mistakes, and certainly for their own errors.
"Not easily provoked," 1 Cor. 13:5. Not word sensitive about what is said to them, and certainly not hypersensitive to "how it is said." The filth of Hollywood trains viewers to react in terms of "how people just seem to be." God's printed Scripture is such a pure form of communication that it cannot be easily twisted by "how it is said" with body language, voice modulation, and head bobbing. Yes, there are tense modulators and structured sequences in the original grammer.
So, the point of this not to give all the instructions for Christians to be happy under pressure, but to see how God wants His People not to get off onto a personal tiff when they are beset by something they do not like. Scripture calls it Forgiveness.
Blessings.
"Easily entreated," James 3:17. Not argumentive and stubborn, especially about
trivia.
"Joy," James 1:2. Not complaining about injustice or inequity being placed upon them. Real Christians, including Women, are to be ready to take the heat for others' mistakes, and certainly for their own errors.
"Not easily provoked," 1 Cor. 13:5. Not word sensitive about what is said to them, and certainly not hypersensitive to "how it is said." The filth of Hollywood trains viewers to react in terms of "how people just seem to be." God's printed Scripture is such a pure form of communication that it cannot be easily twisted by "how it is said" with body language, voice modulation, and head bobbing. Yes, there are tense modulators and structured sequences in the original grammer.
So, the point of this not to give all the instructions for Christians to be happy under pressure, but to see how God wants His People not to get off onto a personal tiff when they are beset by something they do not like. Scripture calls it Forgiveness.
Blessings.
