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Ask Jonathots … May 19th, 2016
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I heard an Olympic official on a national television news show say, “People will always cheat. It’s human nature.” Do you think this is true?
“To err is human and to forgive is divine.”
This is the classic axiom.
Unfortunately, the proverb has a missing piece. Actually, it should state: “To err is human, but to repent is human also.”
There are two little devils that chase the human heart, trying to turn us into scoundrels.
Ignorance and arrogance.
We only become hapless when we try to combine these two and justify one with the other.
For instance, I may say something stupid, which is completely forgivable unless I try to convince you that it wasn’t stupid at all–you either misunderstood me or you’re not hip to my particular perception of life.
Ignorance is forgivable.
But when it links up with arrogance, not even divinity can salvage such a stubborn creature.
So my problem with the statement provided in your question is that as long as we view cheating as a normal side road taken by humans which needs to be avoided and confessed, we are fine. But when we begin to believe it’s part of our character–an arrogant segment of us that cannot be removed–we not only lose our redemption, but we lose any portion of us to redeem.
So what is the correct profile?
- Ignorance happens.
- Ignorance is exposed.
- Ignorance is confessed.
- Forgiveness is granted.
- Knowledge expands.
This is the process that makes a solid human being.
But if we express ignorance, have it exposed and we defend it with our arrogance or insist that what we have done is “no worse than anyone else,” then forgiveness is impossible and knowledge is stalled.
Repentance is not a noble action, but rather, a necessary position that all humans take to make sure that we progress in wisdom and understanding instead of finding ourselves falling back on the failing positions of former times.
So in conclusion, I would say that ignorance happens, and as long as arrogance doesn’t show up, repentance can open the door to forgiveness, which allows knowledge to rule the day.
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