They Just Don’t Get It

I received understanding a few months ago or should I say the Lord smack me across the head regarding a subject that most of us are not aware of.  As believers, we go through life interacting with family, friends, and coworkers.  We get to know them, their personalities and what their beliefs are.  How many times have we seen believers and nonbelievers make the same mistakes over and over again?  How many times have we counseled believers/nonbelievers and they don’t or won’t listen?  We warn them over and over again to no avail.   Matter of fact, they get tired of us nagging them, and especially our children.  After a history of people turning a deaf ear we get frustrated and angry and we throw up our hands and say “They Just Don’t Get It?”

Let us break down what has occurred when we say “They Just Don’t Get It.”

• We have pronounced a curse on them.  We have no cause and it is underserved.  Romans 12:14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.  Many instances of curses are in the Bible.

• We have criticized them.  Have you ever been around a person who has a critical spirit?  Someone who is critical is forever finding faults and pointing them out.  Most of the time they don’t know it because it has become part of them.  This sin has manifested in them rather than the person manifesting themselves to God.  John 14:21  He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”

• We have judged them.  We have formed a negative opinion.  Psalm 50:6 Let the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is Judge. Isaiah 11:3 His delight is in the fear of the LORD, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of His ears. Matthew 7:1 “Judge not, that you be not judged.  Luke 6:37 “Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.  We are to let God’s Word judge, not us.

• We have accused them.  God does not like accusers because even if we are 95% correct, we are not 100% correct.  Therefore, what we say is a lie if it is not 100% correct.  If we choose to accuse we are of the devil.  Revelation 12:10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.  Psalm 109:29 Let my accusers be clothed with shame, And let them cover themselves with their own disgrace as with a mantle. Complain is another word that goes along with accused.  Complain means to make formal accusation or charge.  Philippians 2:14 Do all things without complaining and disputing.

• We slander or defame them. Defame means to harm their reputation.   Psalm 101:5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, Him I will destroy; The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart, Him I will not endure.  Psalm 140:11  Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him.” Proverbs 10:18 Whoever hides hatred has lying lips, And whoever spreads slander is a fool.  You can never restore a person’s reputation once you have slandered them.

• We are gossiping when we say to anyone “They Just Don’t Get It.”  1 Timothy 5:13 And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

“They Just Don’t Get It.” Such a small phrase that has huge repercussions. One small phrase that has resulted in at least six sins that is unknown to the person who has uttered these words.  When we do not recognize sin, we go to bed with un-confessed sin.  This is an open door for Satan to work his evil and he will come after you.  Without realizing it, we have been blindsided by Satan.  He comes after you at a young age.  He is very patient and his goal is to break you down little by little until he destroys you.  He never changes either.

The next progression from this simple but damaging phrase is we get irritated or offended resulting in bitterness.  Bitterness and un-forgiveness can compromise our auto-immune system resulting in cancer and arthritis.  Bitterness leads to un-forgiveness, resentment, retaliation, anger/wrath, hatred, violence and murder.  Murder you say? Killing of Christians are occurring around the world because they don’t follow the religion in that particular country.  Are they saying the same thing?  “They Just Don’t Get It.” 

Some will say that this is extreme.  It is not extreme to God who knows how an innocent sinful phrase can wreak havoc in a believer’s life as evident in the Scriptures.  One simple thought turns into an action (phrase) and before you know it, you are in bondage to the action.  “They Just Don’t Get It” phrase is an action. 

Jesus fought the same battle as we do today trying to bring people to the Kingdom of God.  Jesus knew their shortcomings and had compassion for them.  So much that He asked His Father to forgive them.  Luke 23:34 Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.”  We are to have the same compassion and love for our brothers and sisters as Jesus did.  We are to understand that at times they “do not know what they do” and to ask God to forgive them.  We need to ask God to forgive us for thinking we are so wise as to say “They Don’t Get It.”  1 Corinthians 3:18-20  Stop deceiving yourselves. If you think you are wise by this world’s standards, you need to become a fool to be truly wise.  For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say, “He traps the wise in the snare of their own cleverness.” And again, “The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise; he knows they are worthless.”

AMEN!

Blessings to you,