Verse 19 introduces us well to the section: This is the testimony of John. We’ll look first at his statement that he’s not the Christ, and then at the two things he tells us about Jesus to show that He is the Christ: He’s the Lamb of God, and the Son of God. The Christ is the one who can actually save you, so John the Baptist wants to make sure we know who he is. His clear confession was I am not the Christ. Yet when he was questioned about who he was, he wanted to make clear that he was not the one who could actually make you ok. In the days of Jesus, however, the ancient approach was still dominant, and one of the respected religious teachers to whom people looked was named John the Baptist. Now, instead of needing our tribe, parents, or priest to tell us we’re ok, we need everyone to tell us we’re ok. It hasn’t solved the problem though in fact, it’s exacerbated it. Our approach to identity is not to let anyone else tell you who you are: Not family, not priest, not tribe, but instead to look inside yourself and decide who you are, then tell everyone else. Today we like to think we’re free of all that. In a religious context, if the priest told you you were good, you felt like you were somebody. So if you were a good son, a good daughter, a good mother, or a good warrior for your tribe, you felt like you were somebody. The ancient way was to get it from your family or your tribe. When people start behaving in more polite, courteous ways, it becomes much easier to help solve underlying conflicts, especially those conflicts where everyone needs to work together, to ensure the safety of all.Throughout human history there have been two basic ways of finding an identity. Every single language in use today, from cultures all over the world, has words or actions that mean “please” and “thank you.” Let’s remember that. Why should the other person take time out of their day, to get up off their chair, and get you something, or let you borrow something, or anything else you could ask of someone, if you can’t even ask with a little common courtesy? If you are asking for a favour, it is always polite to say “please.” If that person decides to do that something for you, it is polite to say “thank you.” In fact, those words are the most widely spoken words in the history of humanity. All people deserve common courtesies when being spoken to, just because they are people.Īnytime you ask something of someone, it is polite to begin with “may I, can I, could you, would you,” etc. People just think that it is their job to do so, therefore, no politeness is necessary. Most servers are responsible for cleaning duties, and some management duties, and handling, and being responsible for other people’s money, while handling other people’s their food and drinks, and being responsible for other people’s safety, and pleasure, and at the same time, these servers are trying to make good tips, because if they don’t, they might not be able to afford to pay the bills. Looking after dozens, maybe hundreds of people in a day, and doing the other duties that are required, aside from serving, including any of the following procedures. Imagine you are a server, waiting on someone as rude and demanding as yourself, what would you want to say to them? Imagine yourself as a server, being paid less money than all of the people you are serving, and having to wait on them hand and foot, while being treated impolitely…how do you feel?Īnother thing to think about, is the fact that most servers are continuously stressed and anxious, because of having too much to do, or worry about, all day long, day after day. What I often ask people who treat servers impolitely is, “would you treat your own son or daughter in this manner? Or your own mother or father in this manner?” “How would you like it if others treated you in this manner?” Put yourself in somebody else’s shoes for a second. They are not considering the feelings of others when they treat others in this way. However, they forget about common courtesy and politeness. Many people think servers should wait “hand and foot” to meet their demands. They think it’s their job to serve people, and that they should be insuring premium service anyway. But many people think that they do not have to tip servers. The tips help make sure that they can afford to pay their rent, and so on. Most servers make their living off of their tips because they work for minimum wage or less and with that small of a wage you can barely pay the bills.
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