This poster has been popping up all over Manhattan as part of a campaign to “raise awareness” about domestic violence.
It represents the fundamental disconnect between what we ought to do and what we actually do, between our conscience and out conduct, between the Law and our lives.
If only creating goodness was as simple as providing the right “instructions”! Of course, St. Paul knows better, as does every mom who has ever tried to get her kids to eat their vegetables or finish their homework.
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6 responses to “The Powerlessness Of The Law (Rom 8.3)”
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Look at this kid. His shirt should read, “Love me, love me, love me!”
Jaime (R-J’s wife)
word.
How original. Heaven forbid we should actually teach youth to respect women.
Anonymous –
I had anticipated that criticism. I’m sorry if I was insensitive, which was not my intention.
Of course it is my sincere hope that all children would learn to respect all people, regardless of gender, race, religion, etc, as Jesus did.
My critique was just that people don’t do good things simply because they’re told to and, in fact, “being told to” may be counter-productive, hence children who hate homework and refuse to eat vegetables.
To me, the poster represented a misunderstanding of human nature. The motivation behind the poster is to be commended, as is every hope that people would be better than they are, but St. Paul’s insight (as well as Jesus’) was that people become better by being loved, not by being instructed.
If children were loved, domestic violence wouldn’t be such a big problem.
What do you think?
train up your children seems to come into play here..
I have to agree with anonymous here.