Do you think you will escape?
// June 19th, 2009 // 4 Comments » // My God, My Thoughts
The Pharisees were harsh and judgmental of anything that did not fit their ideology of righteousness. Yet Jesus Continually rebuked them and warned them that they would be judged accordingly. Isn’t is strange that so many Christians still insist on acting more like Pharisees and less like the Jesus that we claim to follow?
Someone very wise once said that cynicism, skepticism, and criticism are the opposites of faith, hope and love.
Harsh, Angry, Judgmental behavior is often more of an indicator of fear and lack of truth than anything else…If you are familiar with discerning truth you probably already know, Truth can stand up to challenging… without anger, without resentment, without fear.
It seems that I do not go very long these days without hearing fresh news of Christians who forget the Jesus that they follow and begin acting like the very brood of vipers that Jesus rebuked. Some would seem to believe that a position of leadership entitles them to such behavior, I would beg to differ and I beleive that I can safely say that regardless of your status as a leader, if you deal with your own brothers and sisters in Christ harshly, critizising, accusing, causing them pain, then you are a fool and you do not understand the message of the Gospel at all!
I say this very seriously and with great love in my heart for every person that reads this.
If you deal with others in a harsh, critical, judgmental manner, do you think that you will escape the judgment of God? Do not deceive yourself, such things bring shame on the church and the people of God.
My life is filled with people who have been hurt by religion and Christians in particular, and it fully angers me that these hurting people were never the ones that sat in their pews doing nothing, they were once passionate, and christlike, and hungry to serve. But some egotist made it their business to shut down the work of God. Again I tell you …. do you expect to escape his wrath?
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. 1 Corinthians 10:12
PEOPLE! Give grace! love each other, be gentle with each other… LEADERS! Be kind, be compassionate, be merciful and nurturing!
If you insist on acting like a brood of vipers get out of the Church business!!! Wall Street needs you!!!
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