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86. Road Rage

15th July 2000 by Arthur Eedle

One hears increasingly of the “Road Rage” phenomenon these days, people seemingly obsessed, or possessed, by a violent spirit when in charge of a car. Latent violence is unleashed by people who might otherwise be self-controlled and of a friendly disposition. Foul language, rude finger signs, facial grimaces, these are the least hurtful of the observed effects. Sadly, one hears all too often that a man jumps from his car and attacks the owner of another car, or if this proves impossible, he takes it out on the car itself. Sometimes there are cases of ramming into “offending” vehicles, regardless of the subsequent costs, which often are not met by Insurance claims.All this may be seen as the by-product of the age in which we live, an age of speed, where people no longer leave a time-slot for unexpected delays in transit. There is probably a lot more to it than that. Whatever it is, it is ugly to observe. Those who indulge in such violence are usually full of venom for some time after the event, telling other people about “that b***** fool” who did this, that or the other. When analysed it amounts to a case of unbridled accusation against another member of the public for an event which was either unprovoked, due to bad judgment and carelessness, or recklessness, and one-upmanship, the way of life of us all from time to time.

The reason for bringing this up is twofold. First of all, the Bible clearly tells us that in the flesh, in the Adamic nature, we are allcapable of becoming something quite vile, given the conditions to provoke our flesh into action. It is easy to condemn, for example, the Sodomites for the things they did, but Jesus said of them that if they had seen the miracles He did inCapernaum, they would have repented. They were not given the opportunity. Therefore we have no right to condemn them. Only God knows what we are capable of, if roused by circumstances. No one is better than another in this respect.

Here is  man A, brought up under the most dire of circumstances, who has learned to live by his wits. He lies, he steals, he is violent if attacked, and seems to be against everyone.  Here is man B, brought up in a high-class home, has a good job, a fine house, a wife and children, and is seen to be affable, friendly, and admired by all. Who knows what these two men might have been like if their backgrounds and circumstances had been reversed. Would man A have turned out to be affable and friendly?  Would man B have become a rogue, and at odds with all mankind? Only God knows, and at the Judgment the Lord will look upon the hearts, and see, not just what we have done in life, but what we might have done under different conditions.

Hence, to sum up this first point, we need to reckon with this fact, and learn not to judge, to condemn people, for what we see, but rather to say “there, but for God’s grace, go I.”  It operates when we are driving a car, as in all other circumstances of life.   The second point is a bit of practical advice, which I am gradually learning, and finding difficult, because I am tarred with the same brush as everyone else. I used to watch “idiots”, “damn silly fools”, and “road hogs” operating on the highway. And either in my mind, or verbally if accompanied by my wife, I would say something like, “What the hell does that fool think he’s doing?”  Some years ago the Lord spoke to my heart about such an attitude. Since then I’ve been trying to remember what to do instead.   When someone overtakes recklessly, and for a few seconds I don’t know whether he’s going to make it or not, I have to get my mind into gear quickly, and say, “Lord, help him to get there safely.”  By such action, an accident may be averted, simply because my mind is focussed on the man’s ultimate good, and not his present folly. Who knows whether my earlier attitude, of “Serves him right if he kills himself” might even have played into the hands of the one who is “The Accuser” to bring about an accident.   Having come to realise just how precious every living soul is to the Lord, and that Jesus died on the cross for everyone, it alters our whole way of thinking. Instead of looking at mankind with the “Us and Them” attitude (to use Rudyard Kipling’s poem title) we can see everyone in a crowd as jewels, rough and uncut, maybe, but the Master’s gems of creation. In time, they will all weep for their sins, as they see Jesus lifted up as their sacrifice for sin.

Such an attitude is very hard to put into practice, but I have found that with persistence, it becomes more of a way of life, and kills dead that shocking attitude of roundly condemning people for mistakes, and thereby setting ourselves up as “righteous” by comparison. I commend these thoughts to our readers, knowing that we are all made of the same stuff.

 

Filed Under: The Wayside Pulpit

About Arthur Eedle

Arthur was born in 1931, and became a Christian in 1948. At London University he gained a 2nd honours degree in Physics. He went on to get a Teaching Diploma, and throughout his career life taught physics in England, Kenya, and Hong Kong. Coupled with his love of science, he was a keen student of Greek and Hebrew, and gave many lectures on Biblical subjects. Read more

The Wayside Pulpit

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11th May 1999 By Arthur Eedle

2. Rave Music

13th May 1999 By Arthur Eedle

3. “I know you”

13th June 1999 By Arthur Eedle

4. God of all men

15th June 1999 By Arthur Eedle

5. Truth and Error

21st June 1999 By Arthur Eedle

6. Ruth Prince

2nd July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

7. Talking Trees

3rd July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

8. Dangers of rock music

6th July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

9. True Worship

9th July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

10. A wonderful building

11th July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

11. Traits of the self-life

15th July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

12. 100 Pianos

28th July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

13. “Much more” & “No more”

5th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

14. Evangelism and the second advent

8th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

15. Tribute to Ron Wyatt

10th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

16. The opening of the Kansas Senate in the USA

12th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

17. The face of feminism

14th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

18. The second coming of Elijah

19th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

19. Mellowing with age

21st August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

20. The rationality of the Christian faith

24th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

21. The first and the lost

28th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

22. The coming of the Lord

2nd September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

23. “I am coming tomorrow!”

4th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

24. Living stones for a spiritual temple

7th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

25. Rosh Hashana – the feast of trumpets

10th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

26. A Tribute to the Rock-Badger’s Family

14th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

27. The Cursed Fig Tree

17th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

28. “Tell me the old, old story”

19th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

29. A Sovereign Work

22nd September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

30. Today is the Secret of Tomorrow

24th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

31. Neatly Packaged Boxes and Illuminated Signposts

1st October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

32. “In danger of hell fire”

3rd October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

33. The Silent Witness

5th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

34. The Lesson of Amos

8th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

35. The Great Tribulation

11th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

36. “Until”

14th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

37. The Unnerving Power of Tradition

18th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

37a. The Explorer

19th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

38. The Dart Family

22nd October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

39. “Nothing new under the Sun”

31st October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

40. “When the Stars begin to fall”

1st November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

41. The Coming of the Christ

3rd November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

42. “Like unto Moses.”

6th November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

43. “Sweet Revenge!”

7th November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

44. The Second Coming

14th November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

45. Forgiveness & Punishment

23rd November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

47. The Pattern and Purpose of the Cherubim

2nd December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

48. The Unforgivable Sin

4th December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

49. Japhah, the Beautiful One

5th December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

50. Resurrection by Judgement

11th December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

51. “The Saviour of Mankind”

17th December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

52. “Bad Associations corrupt Good Customs”

29th December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

53. Fingerprints and Irises

2nd January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

54. Cats, Dogs and Philodendrons

4th January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

55. The Second Eve

15th January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

56. The Illuminati

22nd January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

57. The Dark Day of May 19th 1780

24th January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

58. Hidden Significances

26th January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

59. “Before”

5th February 2000 By Arthur Eedle

60. When “shall” becomes “will”

10th February 2000 By Arthur Eedle

61. The Death of the Husband

13th February 2000 By Arthur Eedle

63. St. Paul the Abortion

25th February 2000 By Arthur Eedle

64. The Moral Dilemma

27th February 2000 By Arthur Eedle

65. The Moral Dilemma. A Personal Answer

1st March 2000 By Arthur Eedle

66. The Moral Dilemma. A Second Answer

4th March 2000 By Arthur Eedle

67. The Joy of our Salvation

11th March 2000 By Arthur Eedle

68. The love of God

16th March 2000 By Arthur Eedle

69. The Windows of the Soul

28th March 2000 By Arthur Eedle

70. Vision & Prophecy

2nd April 2000 By Arthur Eedle

71. Confusion

12th April 2000 By Arthur Eedle

72. Creation’s Vanity

18th April 2000 By Arthur Eedle

73. “Friend, move up higher!”

2nd May 2000 By Arthur Eedle

74. The Last Generation

25th May 2000 By Arthur Eedle

75. The House of the Soul

29th May 2000 By Arthur Eedle

76. The Opening of the Sheath

1st June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

77. Possession

2nd June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

78. Ancestral Bondage

5th June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

79. The State of the Dead

7th June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

80. Professor William Barclay

10th June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

81. The Unacceptable Face of Universalism

12th June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

82. No Escape from the Fire

21st June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

83. My Help

22nd June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

84. Our Stories

27th June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

85. Filling up that which is lacking

9th July 2000 By Arthur Eedle

86. Road Rage

15th July 2000 By Arthur Eedle

87. Immanuel

19th July 2000 By Arthur Eedle

88. Daughters of Thunder

27th July 2000 By Arthur Eedle

89. Casting off all Restraint

1st August 2000 By Arthur Eedle

90. Food, glorious Food!

3rd August 2000 By Arthur Eedle

91. The Kindly Laws of the Old Testament

7th August 2000 By Arthur Eedle

92. Resurrection

2nd September 2000 By Arthur Eedle

93. More about Resurrection

15th September 2000 By Arthur Eedle

94. “With what body do they come?”

22nd September 2000 By Arthur Eedle

95. One Helluva Hole

9th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

96. A Whale of a Tale

10th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

97. The Hallelujah Chorus

11th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

98. “It never even entered my mind.”

16th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

99. A Passionate Plea for Truth

18th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

100. Warfare in the Heavenlies

20th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

101. “The Lamb and Flag”

27th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

102. Souls of men

1st November 2000 By Arthur Eedle

103. Sacrifice

4th November 2000 By Arthur Eedle

106. For whom did Christ die?

16th December 2000 By Arthur Eedle

107. “I cannot tell . . . but this I know.”

18th December 2000 By Arthur Eedle

108. The Great Cloud of Witnesses

19th December 2000 By Arthur Eedle

109. The law of circularity

10th January 2001 By Arthur Eedle

110. James Relly & John Murray

13th January 2001 By Arthur Eedle

Article Series

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  • Resurrection and Change (16)
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Arthur & Rosalind Eedle's Personal Testimonies Discipleship Expository Items Good and Evil Human Pre-Existance Jane Leade. Philadelphian Numerology in the Bible Quotations from other Authors Resurrection and the Change Ron Wyatt. Archaeology Science Topics The Kingdom of God the Millennium and the Return of Christ The Sabbath Day Universal Reconcilliation

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