WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO TURN THE OTHER CHEEK? - David L Antion - January 1978

David L Antion

Can a Christian stand up for his rights? Can he defend himself verbally? Can he be assertive? Or should he always "turn the other cheek"? Here is what the Bible really says about assertive behavior. Phyllis is twenty pounds overweight and painfully aware of it. All night long her husband has been making joking remarks to other partygoers about what she and the Goodyear blimp have in common. His remarks hurt her deeply, and she feels like crying inside. But on the outside she laughs at his gibes along with everyone else. After all, he is only being clever, and she is getting a bit tubby, isn't she? On the way home she develops a splitting headache, takes two aspirin and goes to bed without giving him so much as a good-night kiss. In the morning she pretends to sleep in, and he goes to work without "waking" her. She spends the day under a cloud of depression, cleaning out the refrigerator for consolation. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library