Martin Luther King Jr. and the Power in the Word
January 16 2017 By Abiodun Giwa
Martin Luther King Jr., a fiery preacher and civil rights leader (Courtesy: History.com)
He was dead and buried. But he is much alive in the mind of Americans and all people around the world, who know his achievement as a civil rights' leader. He was a minister of God extraordinary, trained to confront inhumanity, and whose words against evil show his understanding in the power of God, as capable of victory against evil.
Mixed with his own natural talent of oration, Luther King Jr. confronted the evil of man inhumanity to man in the United States, and he won greatly.
"For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." Hebrew 4:12
It was possible that if Luther King Jr. had relied on his own will power alone and the power of oration without the clergy background, the outcome of his involvement in the fight against wrong would have turned out differently. He was first a preacher. Secondly, he could not tolerated the denial of the inalienable rights of the people by the leaders or rulers. He decidedly challenged the status quo, and fearless of the consequence to his own life.
He was not a politician. He did not manifest any political ambition. His concern was the heavy burden that the wrong system placed on the shoulders of his compatriots. He stepped out of the church as a minster and turned the podium in his outside speaking engagements into a pulpit with an enlarged congregation, beyond the wall of the natural Church, turning the minds of the leaders and rulers against their own sins.
These are some of Luther King Jr. quotes, showing his type of person and his belief.
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
He was not in the mode of modern day Hollywood celebrities. Nor was like many of the modern preachers, whose primary motive is personal enrichment and acquisition of material wealth and it is doubtful that were Luther King Jr. to be alive today, if he would have approved the way politicians use the people's burdens to gain political power and then abandon the same people until the next election cycle, using the same endless burdens to seek their votes.Rising house rents and mortgages and endless bills amid stagnant wage. The rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer with the politicians' tongue cheek to help the middle class and those who are not in the middle class can rot.
There was altruism in his actions. He used demonstrations and protests without violence. He did not preach hate against any political opponent, since he was not even a politician or a writer in the employment or payroll of politicians' in publishers' garb. It enabled him employed the power of the truth unfettered.
He called on people to embrace love and for them to manifest it in their actions against others, with particular reference to political leaders, whom God had given opportunities to serve as leaders. He was never short of explaining the consequence of inaction or deliberate effort to put people in bondage.
Mixed with his own natural talent of oration, Luther King Jr. confronted the evil of man inhumanity to man in the United States, and he won greatly.
"For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." Hebrew 4:12
It was possible that if Luther King Jr. had relied on his own will power alone and the power of oration without the clergy background, the outcome of his involvement in the fight against wrong would have turned out differently. He was first a preacher. Secondly, he could not tolerated the denial of the inalienable rights of the people by the leaders or rulers. He decidedly challenged the status quo, and fearless of the consequence to his own life.
He was not a politician. He did not manifest any political ambition. His concern was the heavy burden that the wrong system placed on the shoulders of his compatriots. He stepped out of the church as a minster and turned the podium in his outside speaking engagements into a pulpit with an enlarged congregation, beyond the wall of the natural Church, turning the minds of the leaders and rulers against their own sins.
These are some of Luther King Jr. quotes, showing his type of person and his belief.
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
He was not in the mode of modern day Hollywood celebrities. Nor was like many of the modern preachers, whose primary motive is personal enrichment and acquisition of material wealth and it is doubtful that were Luther King Jr. to be alive today, if he would have approved the way politicians use the people's burdens to gain political power and then abandon the same people until the next election cycle, using the same endless burdens to seek their votes.Rising house rents and mortgages and endless bills amid stagnant wage. The rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer with the politicians' tongue cheek to help the middle class and those who are not in the middle class can rot.
There was altruism in his actions. He used demonstrations and protests without violence. He did not preach hate against any political opponent, since he was not even a politician or a writer in the employment or payroll of politicians' in publishers' garb. It enabled him employed the power of the truth unfettered.
He called on people to embrace love and for them to manifest it in their actions against others, with particular reference to political leaders, whom God had given opportunities to serve as leaders. He was never short of explaining the consequence of inaction or deliberate effort to put people in bondage.
