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Originally Posted by thaskalos
It's just as well. If I got too smart...who would Margie pick on here?
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Nice retort, but not so fast. Back to the lesson, there is victory over the one who slaps, showing that their violence failed to accomplish what it was intended to. It shows the aggressor that one cannot be cowed or controlled.
There is something enormously powerful about a person who is strong enough and courageous enough to strike back in one’s own defense, but who chooses not to do so. Every time this rarity happens, it is a display of the Gospel being present and active in a believer.
Now if you turn the other cheek and your slapped a second time, all bets are off....
