‘Counting On’ Spoilers finds that Jim Holt and Derick Dillard’s messages across social media did the trick. Jim Bob Duggar lost in a landslide to Colby Fulfer, one of the candidates that was endorsed by his son-in-law on social media. Fulfer brought in 46% fo the votes.
Duggar posted the following to his facebook page as a sort of concession speech: “I want to thak those of you who voted for me, volunteered, contributed, and supported me in my race for Arkansas State Senate District 7. I am so honored to have been surrounded by some really great people in this campaign.
‘Counting On’: Jim Bob Duggar loses by a landslide
It has been a dificult season for our family, so I am particularly grateful to those of you who have offered your prayers and encouragement. I love our country, our state, and our Northwest Arkansas Community. I will always do all I can to help advance conservative candidates and causes.
I want to congratulate Colby Fulfer and Steve Unger, the top two Republican candidates, wo will have a run-off election on January 11. Whoever wins the Republican primary will have my support and prayer for victory as he faces a Democrat opponent on February 8. Above all, I am thankful to God for His love and kindness toward us, and pray He will cause His face to shine on our state and nation.
Comments were turned off on JimBob’s post, but reactions were not, there were over 400 reactions to his post and at the time of this writing 336 of those reactions were laughing emojis, so we pretty much know where Jim Bob stands, even among his dedicated social media followers right now.
It seems that the general consensus did not want Jim Bob to win at all, well, except for maybe one person. It would seem that Jessa’s husband, Ben Seewald, has jumped to JimBob’s defense on social media which was to be expected because Jessa seems to be the last Duggar child that is controlled by the family.
She’s the one whos sticking out and wants to remain in Daddy’s good graces… so of course her man would stick up for Jim Bob.
But of course Ben didn’t straight up go for the jugular with Derick Dillard or Jim Holt, instead he used Christianese – AKA – The Bible, to yell at his brother-in-law (and by proxy Jim Holt, probably) He said that “It’s sinful to be rude.
The Scriptures call Christians to “honor all men” (1 Peter 2:17), and “show Perfect courtesy to all people” (Titus 3:2) We can be marked by kindness and courtesy, and still be bold and courageous in confronting evil, even to the point of giving “a sharp rebuke” (Titus 1:13) when needed.
What’s the key? How can we show honor and courtesy and yet, when needed, be stern and sharp?
The key is love (notice the reason for the sharp rebuke of Titus 1:14 “that they may be sound in the faith.” it’s not to get applause from your tribe. The motive that is to drive the tone of the rebuke is concern for the spiritual well-being of the one at fault).
Love will cause you to be humble, to seek the best interest of the other person, and to endure suffering for the good of others and the glory of God.
Rudeness, on the other hand, is weakness. It is a fleshly and fallen response venting ungodly passion with a prideful and self-righteous disdain for the other person. It’s an expression of disgust for the sinner (forgetting that you too are sinful) that cares nothing for their ultimate restoration and recovery from their fault. It is simply the impulse of those who have not sufficiently learned self-control and patience and love from the Holy Spirit.”
Notice how there’s nothing in the post about anything that Jim Bob or Josh Duggar did, the things that Derick and Jim were calling out, but rather, Seewald is more concerned about the tone and is trying to tone-police his brother-in-law.
Nothing about what Josh did to his wife, nothing even mentioning what his wife went through, the only thing he said on social media was that he was thankful for prosecutors to ‘prosecute the evils’, but nary an actual word on Josh’s guilt or innocence…. it seems that JimBob isn’t the only sellout in the family. Stay tuned!!!
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