Complexity of Human Character

Many people do not realize how complex their condition is: character, nature, manner , attitude , attitude to life. Many people think it is simple, and this is what makes many people fail to become people who are pleasing to God. This is the reason why many people fail to be a blessing to others.
In the Theological College, this also does not come to the surface. Because, the difficulty of study is understood in the difficulty of doing college assignments, making scientific papers, scientific journals, and so on. In ministry, difficulties are directed at or emphasized on financial problems, organizations, and so on. But do not direct the congregation to the complicated problem of changing character, nature, attitude , attitude, which is actually very complex, complicated. But it is not seen as complicated.
In fact, this is what makes someone fail to become a servant of God who blesses people. This is what makes someone fail to become a superior or excellent human being . But ironically, many people outside of Christianity are aware of this, so they try to create or fix manners , characters, attitudes . There are local philosophies or cultures, or local wisdom that emphasize this, and they can form or build superior or good humans. For example, Javanese spirituality which emphasizes the formation of the mind, overcoming the complexity or complexity of character, disposition, attitude.
We rarely find individuals whose speech is so calm, without any element of boasting, without any element of hurting others, without taking advantage of others, without being materialistic, full of compassion, accepting people as they are, without demanding people to be what he wants. That was expressed by the Lord Jesus with, “What you would like people to do to you, do to you.” We know that verse, but it is rarely preached, because we consider the complexity of a person’s existence as not something that needs to be considered. If we see a bad person, we think, “That person is so bad, how can he be that bad?” But then when we see someone who should not be bad because he is surrounded by good people, we are even more confused, “ How can he be bad? He is cruel in the midst of an environment that should condition him to be good.”
It is even more confusing when we meet or live with someone we know as a really good person, but then becomes evil. Of course, his evil is not like evil people in general; but he becomes cunning, cruel to people even to those close to him, arrogant, sacrificing others. Or, people who used to seem so devoted turn out to be materialistic, doing everything with a measure of profit and loss. We are confused and troubled to see a life situation like this, a complexity like this. Why is that? When we honestly look at ourselves and try to achieve the sanctity of life, only then can we recognize how complex our character, nature, attitude is. It seems polite but not polite, it seems gentle but it is cunning. Not to mention other sins and we usually play them from young to old.
Of course we try to be people who are pleasing to God. And Jesus also taught us, "You must be perfect like the Father." So when we try to live a life that truly pleases God, not doing anything wrong from small things to big things, we just realize how complex we are, full of hypocrisy. Actually, God has given us a signal, a sign of how complex our lives are when He said, "You have heard that it was said not to murder, but I say to you, everyone who hates his brother is a murderer."
It’s a complex issue. Do we understand what it means to love our neighbor? Do we understand what it means to hate? We don’t say, “I hate you,” but our hearts hold a grudge. Another verse says, “You look at the opposite sex and lust after her and commit adultery.” This issue of the flesh, but also of the mind, of the will, is complex. How can we recognize our condition like that? And we often don’t take it seriously. Hatred kills, but we don’t take it seriously whether we love or hate our enemies?
If you love the person you love or who loves you, what is the difference with the worldly people? It is complex. Because the reality is that we cannot love people who do not love us, right? If we remember someone who has betrayed us, we do not say "Cursed that person!". But our hearts can dislike it. Or we do not say, "I hate you." But we can hate without realizing it. So, first, when we start to question perfect holiness, that's when we begin to realize the complexity of human character.
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