OK! You're Right! I'll admit it!
YES! I do have a "double standard!"
I must confess that I expect Christians to believe and behave one way. I do not expect the same of the non-Christian!
I expect Christians to follow the precepts, principles and practices
of Christ! I do not expect the non-Christian to do the same!
I cannot judge the non-Christian by the same standard as the Christian!
That would be like putting an unschooled, illiterate laborer with a
college graduate in the same room to write a test on exponential and
logarithmic functions!
Christ generally treated the educated, respected Pharisee differently from the common, untaught sinner.
While one was referred to as hypocrite, snake, whitewashed sepulcher,
the other was told "Your sins are forgiven!" and "I do not condemn you!"
Yes! I have different expectations of the non-Christian and the Christian!
I pray and preach for one to be saved by Christ, and for the other to live like Christ!
And therein lies my double standard!
Which brings me to some other double standards:
When Obama legalized homosexual marriages, many Christians voiced the
opinion that it was not a biblical matter, but a civil matter. Obama
flaunted his act in in the face of every Christian by painting the White
House in rainbow lights! He opened the way for a special kind of
persecution, and lawsuits that deliberately targeted Christian
businesses, but we were OK with that!?
Enter Trump the buffoon, and his shenanigans, and he needs to be judged by Christian standards of decency and mortality?
The hypocritical fear of Trump, generated by the opposing side, is not
recognized or acknowledged as fear influencing a decision against Trump.
It's touted as wisdom and common sense.
While on the one hand
stating that you're “shaken to the core” by some of Trump statements
that are far below “basic standards of human decency,” out of the other
side of the mouth a certain popular singer with "decent" dress styles
and "lovely" lyrics is thanked “for being a role model who kids
everywhere can look up to,” and as someone who "could not be a better
role model for my girls”? Let's not even mention the rappers who were
frequent guests at the White House. Oh man, I just did!
Yes, I am aware of the popular adage that two wrongs don't make a right! I am simply pointing out some double standards!
So go ahead!
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him. (Proverbs 26:4 NKJV), or
Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes. (Proverbs 26:5 NKJV)
Which is it?
