I don’t know why when someone slanders me the Irish wants to jump out and unscrew the person’s neck. It’s certainly not what the Scripture teaches, and the exchange would never end well for either party. There was a time in my youth when it produced a black eye for me and much embarrassment.
The Human with all the power contained in the universe never resorted to revenge when He was slandered. So many times as we read through the gospels, we say to ourselves, “I wouldn’t put up with that.” However, He did and He did that to reveal the awesome power of God.
1 Peter 2:23
When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
He was something, but it is the next verse that brings it home for us.
1 Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
Give it some thought the next time someone pushes your pride button.
Gary