Biblical Excellence – Part 1

By Pr. Bonifresh Muhollo.

I like the Ugandan motto. It’s says For God and for My Country. Nothing else comes closer to the true purpose of human life. For where else would a human being find meaning and purpose of life if not in service to both fellow man and God? Even the most arrogant atheist has not been able to completely discard with biblical excellence. In fact, atheists have turned more philanthropical than most of us.

There are two things that effectively define a human being. First, his sociology and second, his theology. But gwe, animals also have a sociology. So, what makes humans different from other animals? I submit that humans are notoriously theological.

Animals have no theology at all. I have never seen an animal-even the most trained dog-taking some time to worship God, even after some real nice meal. Thus, up to this point, we can conclude that there is only a small difference between animals and atheists. No harm intended through. What are we driving into?

This paper is entitled Biblical excellence and up to this point, we have said that biblical excellence is composed of both sociology and theology. Failure to grasp this concept leads to an unbalanced person. The Bible shows that excellence is not mere theology without sociology or vise versa.

All Bible heroes were men and women who excelled in these two aspects, wholesomely.

We begin with Jesus, the perfect man, who was also subjected to earthly conditions. Luke 2:52 tells as that Jesus grew up being loved by both God and man. Although Jesus did not need any of his neighbors for his mission, nevertheless, he saw it important to love them and be loved back.

That socio intercourse between him and the society gave him joy, meaning and purpose of his early life. As he mingled with people and saw how crooked some of them were, he aspired to transform them into good people. As the young boy beheld the suffering and injustice among his people, the more he hated sin and yearned for a day of redemption.

Jesus was rooted in his peoples’ culture, emotions, aspirations and hopes. Jesus did not withdraw from people like a monk, or live in a holy sanctuary like a priest. Jesus was not stationed at some headquarters like the Pope or the General Conference President. Nay.

In his early life, Jesus, the son of the almighty God, went out to play with other kids. Perhaps he was bullied, no doubt not all like a meek and intelligent kid he was, yet his father never changed residence or school. Jesus was a man of the people. Jesus was notoriously socio-logical.

To be continued.