PC World

We live in a politically correct (PC) world.

It is right to be sensitive and use words that are polite and more refined.

For instance, we don’t call a mental patient “retarded” at all.
It was made more sensitive by calling them “Intellectually handicapped.”
But then “handicapped” too is not such a good description.
Now it is truly more correct to call them “mentally challenged.”

We use to call people on wheelchair – “disabled”.
Are they really "disabled" as if they are not able to do anything?
Surely not. So the more empowering term would be to call them “physically challenged.”

Although this is politically correct – it is the good kind of politically correctness.
When it is the good kind of politically correctness – it is being right and polite.

But the negative kind of politically correctness is one whereby because we don’t want to offend anyone, and we fail to call a spade a spade – and if a child did wrong, we don't tell them that it is wrong. And we don't call a sin is a sin.

So what is PC?
PC is being unable to speak the hard truth for fear of offending another person even though that person has digressed and committed some offences (and against God's word).

If we want to be a man or woman of God, we need to speak the truth for what it is and out of love.

I was reading 1 Kings 13 and the man of God spoke the hard truth to Jeroboam, the new king of Israel after God tore the kingdom into two from Solomon's son Rehoboam.
God had blessed Jeroboam with Israel but instead of keeping God's laws faithfully, Jeroboam built altars to worship two golden calves (1 Kgs 12:28).
And he told the people "Here are your gods."
This is almost exactly Aaron's words to the Israelites after building the golden calf "These are your gods." (Ex 32:4).

Even when the hard truth was told to King Jeroboam and the word of God given by the man of God was fulfilled (the altar split up [1 Kgs 13:3,5] and his hands was healed [13:6]), Jeroboam did not change his evil ways (13:33).

Another prophet was to speak the hard truth into his life.
Jeroboam's son became ill and he asked his wife to disguise herself and to see the prophet Ahijah who had earlier prophesied that he would be king over the divided northern kingdom. It turns out that she actually don't need to disguise herself because the prophet now could not see (14:4). Ironically though he could not see naturally, he could see spiritually and told Jeroboam's wife the dreadful fate of their son and his kingdom.

If we aspire to be man and woman of God, we need to be sensitive with our words but at the same time, there is no place for PC and we need to speak God's truth in love.
For God's word and His truth is useful for "teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness" (2 Tim 3:16).
If we fail to speak God's truth, there will be no righteousness developed.

Instead of being politically correct – we need to be spiritually correct and be humble to be corrected.