Trump and Jesus on Being a Loser: Part One of Three<\/a>.\u201d This post documents how Donald Trump as president has called various people \u201closers\u201d and that his casino operator says \u201cit\u2019s his main attack word.\u201d<\/p>\nActually, Donald Trump speaks derogatorily of others in many ways just because they disagree with him. When Trump does this, he is pretty judgmental of others.<\/p>\n
Jesus proclaimed in his Sermon on the Mount, \u201cDo not judge, so that you may not be judged. For with judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get\u201d (Matthew 7.1-2 NRSV). Trump\u2019s calling some of his political opponents \u201closers\u201d has today come home to roost for him like Jesus says here.<\/p>\n
Der Spiegel<\/em>\u2013a well known German magazine with close to one million subscribers\u2013today named U.S. President Donald Trump Der Verlierer des Jahres,<\/em>\u201d which means \u201cLoser of the Year.\u201d The magazine then relates various reasons this label, all of which I think are true. Of all Europeans, Germans hate President Trump the most. Pew Research released its survey last year showing that 85% of Germans in Germany had no confidence that President Trump would do the \u201cright thing\u201d in world affairs.<\/p>\nDer Spiegel<\/em> said in its article today, \u201cTrump is only proficient in destruction.\u201d Then it alleged rather alarmingly, \u201cThe West as we once knew it no longer exists. It is impossible to overstate what Trump has dismantled.\u201d<\/p>\nDer Spiegel<\/em> contrasted President Trump with President-elect Joe Biden by saying of Biden that he is \u201cpredictable, reliable and anything but a hothead. The most important thing is that he\u2019s not Trump.\u201d<\/p>\nWhen Donald Trump campaigned for the presidency, he had three main tracks that got him elected. The first was that he claimed Barack Obama was an illegitimate president because he was not born in the U.S. but in Kenya, which was a lie.<\/p>\n
The second main thing that got Trump elected was that he claimed the U.S. needed a big wall-fence on our border with Mexico to keep out illegal immigrants, and if president he claimed he would build it and \u201cMexico will pay for it,\u201d which was also a lie.<\/p>\n
The third Trump claim that got him elected was that former First Lady and Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton\u2013who became his Democratic opponent to win the presidency\u2013had committed a criminal act by using her personal email server and that she should be legally prosecuted for this, found guilty, and imprisoned. But the FBI did investigate this issue and exonerated Clinton of criminal activity in it. Yet at Trump\u2019s many political rallies on his way to the White House, as well as during his presidency, he repeatedly has encouraged his political supporters to chant loudly at such rallies concerning Ms. Clinton, \u201clock her up.\u201d<\/p>\n
When Donald Trump exits the White House next January 20th, he will face a multitude of legal investigations in which he may be charged with having committed criminal acts. They include bank fraud, insurance fraud, money laundering, illegal political campaign donations, defamation of character, and others. If found guilty of any of these, Donald Trump might have the chickens come home to roost by him being locked up instead Clinton. Again, Jesus said, \u201cwith the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some people who read my blog accuse me of doing the same thing\u2013being judgmental in my criticism of Donald Trump and thus a hypocrite. But this accusation fails to take into account what Jesus said next. He explained, \u201cWhy do you see the speck in your neighbor\u2019s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your neighbor, \u2018Let me take the speck out of your eye,\u2019 while the log is in your own eye?\u201d<\/p>\n
Okay, he means we should be introspective enough to make sure when we judge others that we are not doing the same thing we are judging them for and perhaps doing it far more, thus having a log in our own eye instead of just a splinter.<\/p>\n
But Jesus then says further, \u201cYou hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbor\u2019s eye.\u201d Therefore, when Jesus began this teaching by saying, \u201cDo not judge, so that you may not be judged,\u201d he did not mean that there should never be any personal judging. Rather, he meant that if we are going to do such a thing, we should make sure that we are not guilty of the same infraction and perhaps much worse.<\/p>\n
To say that we should never judge others opposes many texts in the Bible. God called prophets and equipped them to judge and rebuke in accordance with God\u2019s principles and righteous requirements that became established in scripture. These prophets sometimes rightly did this to leaders of their nation Israel, including even the king during the monarchy.<\/p>\n
Jesus also laid down a principle about judging that church leaders later came to realize they should invoke. For he said, \u201cIf another member of the church sins again you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone\u201d (Matthew 18.15 NRSV). Thus, do it privately together. Then Jesus adds, \u201cIf the member listens to you, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if the offender refuses to listen even to the church, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector\u201d (vv. 16-17).<\/p>\n
In conclusion, judging is not forbidden in the Bible, but being a hypocrite about it is.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>Two weeks ago I posted this title, \u201cTrump and Jesus on Being a Loser: Part One of Three<\/a>.\u201d This post documents how Donald Trump as president has called various people \u201closers\u201d and that his casino operator says \u201cit\u2019s his main attack word.\u201d<\/p>\n