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We’ve all heard these lines.                          Imagine a scenario in a public university
                      Maybe we have all said      where every student received a “D” in every
                      them too. “I’m only hu-     class. Similar excuses by students are being
                      man!” or “I couldn’t        used. “Nobody’s perfect!” and “We all have
                      help it!” or “Nobody’s      our struggles!” and “At least I passed!” are
perfect!” or “That’s just the way I am!” We use   heard from around the campus. Arguably, no
them when we know we’ve failed.                   one is failing. But obviously, no one is suc-
                                                  ceeding. What will happen to the university?
    Occasionally, we might even blame our         And what effect will “D” average perfor-
ethnicity as a valid excuse for an outburst of    mance have on everyone involved?
anger, loss of self-control, or just sheer lazi-
ness. Now, there is an element of truth to        Enrollment Suffers
some of these statements. We are human, but
we are also Christians, indwelt by the Spirit         How many people will want to enroll in
of God. We are not perfect, but our goal          a school that is churning out substandard
should be as expressed by the Lord Jesus: “Be     graduates? How many unconverted people
ye therefore perfect, even as your Father         will want to “enroll” as a Christian when they
which is in heaven is perfect” (Matt 5:48).       witness substandard behavior from the
We cannot change our earthly ethnicity, but       Christian community? When we refuse for-
as believers “our citizenship is in heaven”       giveness or hold grudges for some offense
(Phil 3:20 ESV) and our behavior should re-       committed, do we ever consider how poorly
flect it.                                         we represent the Lord Jesus, Who said to
                                                  those nailing Him to the cross, “Father, for-
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