Suffering Afflictions and Going the Second Mile - when you are insulted you must make it an opportunity to exhibit the Son of God in your life. A personal insult becomes an opportunity to reveal the incredible sweetness of the Lord Jesus. It is not your duty to go the second mile or to turn the other cheek, but if we are His disciples we will always do these things. Never look for righteousness in the other person, but never cease to be righteous yourself

"I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also." - Matthew 5:39

This verse reveals the humiliation of being a Christian.

In the natural realm, if a person does not hit back, it is because he is a coward. 

But in the spiritual realm, it is the very evidence of the Son of God in him if he does not hit back. 

When you are insulted, you must not only not resent it, but you must make it an opportunity to exhibit the Son of God in your life.

And you cannot imitate the nature of Jesus - it is either in you or it is not. 

A personal insult becomes an opportunity for a saint to reveal the incredible sweetness of the Lord Jesus.

The teaching of the Sermon on the Mount is not, “Do your duty,” but is, in effect, “Do what is not your duty.”

It is not your duty to go the second mile, or to turn the other cheek, but Jesus said that if we are His disciples, we will always do these things. 

We will not say, “Oh well, I just can’t do any more, and I’ve been so misrepresented and misunderstood.”

Every time I insist on having my own rights, I hurt the Son of God, while in fact I can prevent Jesus from being hurt if I will take the blow myself. 

That is the real meaning of filling “up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ …” - (Colossians 1:24). 

A disciple realizes that it is his Lord’s honor that is at stake in his life, not his own honor.

Never look for righteousness in the other person, but never cease to be righteous yourself. 

We are always looking for justice, yet the essence of the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount is - Never look for justice, but never cease to give it.

Bible in One Year: Psalms 10-12; Acts 19:1-20

WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS

To live a life alone with God does not mean that we live it apart from everyone else. The connection between godly men and women and those associated with them is continually revealed in the Bible, e.g., 1 Timothy 4:10.

from Not Knowing Whither

The Life of Oswald Chambers

Oswald Chambers was born in Scotland and spent much of his boyhood there. His ministry of teaching and preaching took him for a time to the United States and Japan.

The last six years of his life were spent as principal of the Bible Training College in London, and as a chaplain to British Commonwealth troops in Egypt during World War l.

After his death, the books which bear his name were compiled by his wife from her own verbatim shorthand notes of his talks.

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