CLARENCE THOMAS, THE BRILLIANT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WRITES: “AS CHRISTIANS WE NEED TO KNOW THAT BEING A NEIGHBOR IS IN EVERY WAY AN EXERCISE IN MEEKNESS. ON THE ONE HAND WE ARE TO SERVE OUR NEIGHBOR; ALWAYS WILLING TO TOLERATE HIS WEAKNESSES AND IDIOSYNCRASIES. WE MUST EXERCISE THIS TO THE FULLEST, WILLING TO SACRIFICE, EVEN SUFFER IN THAT CAUSE. HOWEVER, WHEN OUR NEIGHBOR IS UNJUST AND THREATENS OFFENSE AGAINST OTHERS, WE CAN’T REMAIN SILENT. AGAIN IN MEEKNESS, WE MUST OPPOSE THEM AND LEAD THEM TO REPENTANCE. WHERE GOD’S HONOR AND COMMAND IS INVOLVED, WE CANNOT NEGLECT JUSTICE, BECAUSE JUSTICE MUST ALWAYS BE SERVED ON THE PLATE OF MERCY, AND WE MUST

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