The England game tomorrow.

Am I righteous?

I heard a sermon which said that we are not righteous but that righteousness is imputed to us, because of what Jesus did for us.

If we believe in God and have the Holy spirit inside of us, then He is righteous, and, as a result, if we are able to act upon His righteousness, then are we not capable of being righteous?

The reason I ask, is because, at work, I have often stayed later than the others to do small things which need doing. It has always bothered me, but only now am I beginning to feel righteous about it.

The people I work with do not have their own families, and they have no other reason to finish work than to go and do what they want to. They are not Christians, and therefore what they do is always sinful, which is in itself upsetting to me, because I know where sin leads.

I understand that not everyone is a Christian and therefore I cannot hold them up to Christian standards; however, when they act poorly towards me as a result of our two world-views colliding, this is where my growing sense of righteousness is coming from.

What has triggered this post is that: tomorrow is the England game which begins at 8pm.

We do not have a lot to do at work tomorrow and therefore my dad (the boss) has told the others that they can leave early (after we have done a few errands and loaded a van ready for Monday).

Now, what bothers me, is this: tomorrow i will be working with one lad whom is the worst of them all. I know that he is going to be wanting to finish as early as possible so that he can get to the pub as early as possible so that he has a table and then drink for eight hours until the game begins and then drink throughout that.

I want to watch the game, but I do not want to sit in a pub for hours before it starts, therefore I am in no rush to finish as early as possible to get a table.

That is the problem.

I know he is going to be rushing around and getting frustrated with me because I am not going to be going as fast as I can, so that he can get out of work as soon as possible (even though it will be much earlier than usual and with other stuff still needing to be done).

In the past, I may have conformed to his wishes and gone fast in order to avoid conflict, deeming that both POV are fair and therefore the one whom has plans has the priority.

However, now, I believe that I am actually right: and that it is wrong for me to conform to his wishes, because to treat me badly and make me feel bad because he wants to selfishly pursue sin is wrong , and that if I were to conform to that behaviour then I would be encouraging him toward sin.

Therefore, I know that there will be conflict tomorrow. And I do not like conflict. I hate it. However, feeling righteous and that I am right makes the thought easier.

However, I do not want to encourage myself if I am incorrect in feeling righteous over this.

Therefore your, thoughts, as always, will be appreciated.


God bless.

ReesePiece23 said:

Doesn't seem to be a problem (?) - even your Dad said set everything up for Monday and sack the day off. If there's going to be any conflicts tomorrow they'll be coming from your stubbornness to be a team player, not anything else.

You don't have to sit in a pub. Watch the game on a tablet or a laptop and order in a biryani.

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Thank you for the reply,

i do not think its fair for me to feel pressured to rush around, and have him be aggressive to me, if i dont.

As i said, going at my regular pace we will be out by 1pm (at the latest), which is plenty of time to get a table for a game that kicks off at 8pm.

Hello Albion, thank you for the reply.

All really fair points. I will try to turn the other cheek and will remember that it is the right way to respond. after all i am human and therefore should not be thinking about 'reprimanding' someone.

As you say, it is not written that i deserve any better and will try my best to bear my perceived suffering.

thanks again,

God bless.

turkle said:

Albion said it well. You seem to think of yourself as higher than this other fellow, and Paul is very clear that we are not to do that. Jesus' last words to His disciples was to love God and love each other. Wouldn't it be an act of kindness and love to move it along for your co-worker, since he is so clearly excited about the game? Your co-worker is also made in God's image, and I think it would be good to lean towards kindness rather than self righteousness.

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Hello Turkle thank you for the reply.

You are probably right and i to some degree think of myself as higher than him (only in that i know and try to follow Jesus).

It is difficult for me to move along for him as he does not like me and neither i him (though i am asking for help with this). additionally when you know how much he drinks and what he is likely to get up to , it makes it hard for me to be motivated to help him get out earlier. The other day, when my dad was on holiday, he booked a sunbed for himself at 3:30 and did not tell anyone, and though we still had work to do, went anyway; though he did come back after.

I also think that, if it were for some more 'noble' reason, i would actually load the van on my own and let him go.