March 28, 2008
What is the real problem with people?
We live in a culture that says the reason we have problems is that people are ignorant and unlearned. Regularly we are told that if people only knew they would choose to do the right thing. Through the years people have come into the school office saying they have become aware of some activity that DCHS students are involved with that is wrong. Drinking, smoking, immorality and so on are happening out there.
I am not so naïve to believe that some Christian school kids do not do these things. When the school knows specifics, names and events, then we can deal with that person. The fact that some know of situations does not mean we all know and are choosing to not do something. We can only deal with what we know about. But I digress!
Many times people come in and tell of what they know and imply that we should address the issue in a chapel or assembly. It seems that people think the problem is a knowledge issue. If these kids knew what was right they would not do it! I can tell you that the students at DCS know far more about our communities standards on these issues than we can imagine. They know what is good and not good!
The problem is not lack of knowledge, but sin! Sin is that willful defiant choice to find life on my own terms, rather than trust God. We have all rebelled against God (Jeremiah 2:13), forsaking Him and turning to our own sources of life. At the core we trust ourselves more than we trust God. We believe we know better than God and by golly we are going to make life work for us on our terms.
Loving discipline confronts the foolish and offers them a way out. We will talk about that next time.