You Are Not What They Say You Are

I’m taking a break from foil hat theories to remind you of who you are, in other words, to remind you that you are built to respond to everything they throw at you, foil hat theories or otherwise. While I could write a whole book on this, I’ll settle for the most important point, and that is: ‘you, Christian, are not what they say you are.’

You are not a doormat, or someone who must be always nice or accepting of all ideas on account of your faith in Christ. You are not someone who must tolerate invasions and continuous insults. You are not someone who is not allowed to fight back.

Quite the opposite. You are something evil is very afraid of, as it should be.

If this were not true, multibillion dollar commercials convincing you to wash the feet of invaders, conquerors, and other unrepentant would not be necessary. On the contrary, they would be ignoring you and spending their coin on something else.

For clarity, I am referring to the Super Bowl ad sponsored by an organization called “He Gets Us.” Though a few of the scenes are in line with Christian theology (albeit loosely), I believe that several of them blatantly paint a false narrative.
This is because Christ would not have washed the feet of unrepentant or conquerors. He would have called them to change, and even if they heeded the call, he would not have washed their feet.
Why?
Well, as you recall in the New Testament, foot washing was not doled out to everyone Christ met. It was a special purification/anointing ceremony reserved for his disciples, those who would soon embark on the Great Commission.
Nevertheless, we can learn something from this ad: “They are afraid of you, and spending ridiculous amounts of time, money and energy to convince you that you are something you are not.”

An Irishman recently put it best:

“My Christianity is not the cowardly, wimpy Christianity that you want to make it. My Christianity is the Christianity that defeated Islamic Jihad three times. My Christianity conquered the Roman Empire. My Christianity defeated the pagan Vikings and the northern pagan tribes. My Christianity defeated the Ottoman Empire. My Christianity defeated the Arab Invasion of Al Andalusia that began in 7th Century Spain. The Ethiopian Christians who follow my kind of Christianity defeated the Muslim invasion from Somalia and Egypt. My Christianity is the one followed by the Armenians and the Georgians who defeated the Persians, Zoroastrians, and the Muslims. My Christianity is not for wimps!”