“…the world hateth you.”  (John 15)

“Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, ans shall say all manner of evil againt you falsely, for [M]y [N]ames sake.”  (Matthew 5)

“We wrestle…”  (Ephesians 6)

 

In the world of professional wrestling, like any industry or business, there is a vocabulary or language peculiar or specific to that industry.  In pro wrestling there is the word, “Heel.”  Used in a sentence, “The champion turned heel last night.”  This means a wrestler, who was formerly the good guy has become the bad guy due to some illicit act. The “Babyface” is the opposite, the babyface is the fan favorourite. The babyface is supposed to be cheered and the heel is supposed to be booed.

When the heel is booed without mercy, when persons call them names, slit their tires, spit on them and perform all manner of things to them, the heel is “blessed…when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you…”  The heel is happy for the “heat” (jeering and hatred of the fans).  The heel is doing his or her job when they cause persons to revile them and persecute them and speak evil against them as they are doing their job. The “angle” or story arc is working well.

Most every, but not all, wrestlers will play both parts. The bigger the heel, the greater the babyface, when the angle calls for a heel turn. Look up Hulk Hogan’s heel turn in WCW on youtube and you will see the opposite, a HUGE and very long time babyface turning heel on, then, live television. Greater the babyface, greater the heel when he turns.

Reader why the “Wrestling 101.”  I have said for years that one can learn and gain much insite into human behaviour by watching pro-wrestling….not only by watching the wrestlers but by watching the observers at ring side and by watch fans react to certain works or angles. If you want to know where we are in America, in terms, of morality and ethics, watch pro wrestling as the good guys are booed and the bad guys are cheered.  When a wrestler stands for respect and honour and said wrestler is hated and booed, you know where America’s heart is. When cheaters and abusers of authority are cheered, you know where America’s heart is. But this is not the reason for Wrestling 101.

Reader, Christ-ian, are you not aware that you, as a Christ-ian, have turned heel?  It is true, the Christ-ian has been turned heel or bad guy, the guy who is jeered and hated. You have become the one who is reviled, persecuted (more so in other parts of the world so far). and all manner of evil is spoken against you falsely, for Christ’s sake. And as I pointed out above, when a wrestling babyface is a big babyface and he or she turns heel, the greater the heel turn will be and booed.

So, is it true of the Christ-ian. The Christ-ian in the recent past has been well thought of. The Christ-ians have always been the ones who acted when disaster hit and persons need help.  Christ-ians were often thought of as good, as the salt of the earth and this is because most persons respected Christ-ianity or we Christ-ian themselves, but times have changed. The priest is thought to be pedophile, the minister is thought to be a hypocrite as are all Christ-ians.

I have said many times in these articles, one should find an article on line, that is Christ-ian in nature, and read the comment section. You will see how much of a heel you are. Of course as Christ said, all that is said, is or atleast, should be false.  Look and find an article that is negative about Franklin or Anne Graham and see what the persons commenting have to say. It is lie after lie, curse after curse.  Reader, what these persons think of the Graham family, they think of you and your family, no matter how decent they may seem to you face.

You, Christ-ian Reader, may have been a babyface and beloved once, but you are a heel and you are hated now. But rest assured, the Script-ure has called for this heel turn.  Christ is the Babyface of all babyfaces…there has never been a babyface as the Lord Jesus…never.  Yet, according to the Word and Will of God, Christ Jesus turned heel in the eyes of the onlookers.  The same persons that met Him outside Jerusalem and entered with him, turned on Him days later. They first cried, “Blessed is He that cometh in the [N]ame of the Lord and then days later, these same persons demanded that He be Crucified.

As it was and is for Christ, so it shall be and is now for you.  What shall we do in light of this?  Paul answers in Ephesians 6.  Paul says, “we wrestle…”  We are to wrestle against spiritual enemies and against those that are demonically influenced against us. We are to drape ourselves in the Armour of God and stand, feet squared and heart and head prepared to play our part of heel and to win. Hoever, note that we are not too wrestle as heels, we are to wrestle, “lawfully.”  We are to wrestle according to God’s rules and not the worlds, nor our own.  We are heels only because the world chooses to see us this way. In truth, and for the sake of Christ, we are, babyfaces. This is because we live in a world that calls eveil, good and good, evil.