“The lesson taught at this point by human experience is simply this, that the man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down. This rule may appear somewhat harsh, but in its general application and operation it is wise, just and beneficent. I know of no other rule which can be substituted for it without bringing social chaos.” — Frederick Douglass, Self-Made Man
There is no way to mandate fair treatment without allowing for fair consequences. You cannot substitute the law of sowing and reaping without inviting chaos. In other words, the rule of sowing and reaping is inescapable and attempting to sow its absence does not protect you from reaping its presence. The law of falling and rising is indomitable and those who refuse to acknowledge it will experience the fall without the rising.
Proverbs 24:16
The righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.
It is not as though the righteous never fall, but that they never cease to rise again. The power of resurrection is present and they cannot stay down. Death cannot hold them. Sin cannot bind them. They may sin, but they repent. They may die, but they will rise.
Micah 7:8
Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.
The children of light can find themselves in the valley of the shadow, but they are never without sight. When the world is dark, they still walk by faith.
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