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Sacrificial Succession #16 - All the Tribes •
“A tribe who...were always ready to aid one another, and to sacrifice themselves for the common good, would be victorious over most other tribes.” Charles Darwin
• In a large-scale conflict having all the tribes fighting with you is vital for victory. This lack of tribal unity is one of the reasons why successive Afghan governments and foreign powers have failed to unify the country.
• Winston Churchill wrote in The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War (1898), about Afghanistan that except at the times of sowing and harvesting, a continual state of feud exists. Tribe wars with tribe. The people of one valley fight those of the next.
• Joshua, a great leader of Israel who led his people’s conquest of Canaan, understood and applied this unifying principle of “all the tribes” by doing two counter-cultural things.
• He said to his generals, “But all your fighting men must be armed for battle to cross over ahead of your brothers and help [fight for] them.” Joshua 1:14
• First, Joshua put those who had already won their inheritance out in front to fight for those tribes who were yet to win theirs.
• Despite wrongly attributing altruism to ‘natural selection’, the naturalist Charles Darwin in The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex (1871) astutely recognised that social altruism trumps selfishness tribalism.
• While it is difficult to explain naturalistically why someone more important would lay down their life for someone less so, there is universal agreement that this unselfish sacrifice is the most perfect form of altruism and a virtue that ultimately builds the strongest organisations and societies.
• Altruistic sacrifice depends more on emotional relationships rather than biological closeness. In other words, emotional bonds are ultimately stronger than family ties when it comes to sacrificial acts. See Paola Bressan, Stephen M. Colarelli and Mary Beth Cavalieri (2009) “Biologically Costly Altruism Depends on Emotional Closeness among Step but Not Half or Full Siblings.” Sacrificial Succession Podcasts
• Jesus who modelled this principle perfectly by the propitious and vicarious laying down of his life for us, his friends, and commanding us to love one another in a similar way, John 15:12-13. Jesus also said that “those who hear the word of God and do it (Luke 8:21),” are his [true] ‘mother and brothers’. Reinforcing this truth, since then Christians have been martyred because of their love for Christ and their brethren, which is a greater love than even love for family, Matthew 12:48-49.)”
• As Christians, we understand why the most perfect sacrifice is Christ’s unselfish sacrifice for us, because He is God…perfectly sinless and powerful. Therefore, sacrifices that are closer to this perfect sacrifice ideal than more unselfish ones will always prevail (John 15:13).
• However, this altruism is not natural selection as Darwin wrongly implies, but unnatural selection modelled perfectly by Christ which can be imperfectly modelled by us through Sacrificial Succession and His Spirit’s leading.
• Second, was Joshua’s use of a half-tribe, insignificant by numbers, yet vital in terms of unity. Leaders seldom put themselves in harm’s way for those yet to lead.
• Nor is the small and insignificant often equally valued as the big and strong, yet both are vital to the success and sustainability of our largescale projects.
• Having all the tribes [partners] involved in impacting a nation is the right approach to conquering our ‘Canaans’ of today.
• Do you involve all the tribes in battle? Who fights for the last or least in your wars? Recognise that Sacrificial Succession is more about great teams than incredible individuals. •
Lord, help me to remember that you are about teams not just individuals.
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Sacrificial Succession #16 - All the Tribes •
“A tribe who...were always ready to aid one another, and to sacrifice themselves for the common good, would be victorious over most other tribes.” Charles Darwin
• In a large-scale conflict having all the tribes fighting with you is vital for victory. This lack of tribal unity is one of the reasons why successive Afghan governments and foreign powers have failed to unify the country.
• Winston Churchill wrote in The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War (1898), about Afghanistan that except at the times of sowing and harvesting, a continual state of feud exists. Tribe wars with tribe. The people of one valley fight those of the next.
• Joshua, a great leader of Israel who led his people’s conquest of Canaan, understood and applied this unifying principle of “all the tribes” by doing two counter-cultural things.
• He said to his generals, “But all your fighting men must be armed for battle to cross over ahead of your brothers and help [fight for] them.” Joshua 1:14
• First, Joshua put those who had already won their inheritance out in front to fight for those tribes who were yet to win theirs.
• Despite wrongly attributing altruism to ‘natural selection’, the naturalist Charles Darwin in The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex (1871) astutely recognised that social altruism trumps selfishness tribalism.
• While it is difficult to explain naturalistically why someone more important would lay down their life for someone less so, there is universal agreement that this unselfish sacrifice is the most perfect form of altruism and a virtue that ultimately builds the strongest organisations and societies.
• Altruistic sacrifice depends more on emotional relationships rather than biological closeness. In other words, emotional bonds are ultimately stronger than family ties when it comes to sacrificial acts. See Paola Bressan, Stephen M. Colarelli and Mary Beth Cavalieri (2009) “Biologically Costly Altruism Depends on Emotional Closeness among Step but Not Half or Full Siblings.” Sacrificial Succession Podcasts
• Jesus who modelled this principle perfectly by the propitious and vicarious laying down of his life for us, his friends, and commanding us to love one another in a similar way, John 15:12-13. Jesus also said that “those who hear the word of God and do it (Luke 8:21),” are his [true] ‘mother and brothers’. Reinforcing this truth, since then Christians have been martyred because of their love for Christ and their brethren, which is a greater love than even love for family, Matthew 12:48-49.)”
• As Christians, we understand why the most perfect sacrifice is Christ’s unselfish sacrifice for us, because He is God…perfectly sinless and powerful. Therefore, sacrifices that are closer to this perfect sacrifice ideal than more unselfish ones will always prevail (John 15:13).
• However, this altruism is not natural selection as Darwin wrongly implies, but unnatural selection modelled perfectly by Christ which can be imperfectly modelled by us through Sacrificial Succession and His Spirit’s leading.
• Second, was Joshua’s use of a half-tribe, insignificant by numbers, yet vital in terms of unity. Leaders seldom put themselves in harm’s way for those yet to lead.
• Nor is the small and insignificant often equally valued as the big and strong, yet both are vital to the success and sustainability of our largescale projects.
• Having all the tribes [partners] involved in impacting a nation is the right approach to conquering our ‘Canaans’ of today.
• Do you involve all the tribes in battle? Who fights for the last or least in your wars? Recognise that Sacrificial Succession is more about great teams than incredible individuals. •
Lord, help me to remember that you are about teams not just individuals.
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