10 Things Christians Should Resolve Not to Do: Not Expect Other Christians to Live by Your Convictions
Have you ever heard a deacon cuss? Have you been beside a preacher in traffic, windows down, stereo blasting, shouting at the top of their lungs ALL the lyrics to a Marilyn Manson song? Have you seen your Sunday school teacher on the beach in a thong bikini? Or maybe you just happened to see Sister Mary Clarence’s tattoo.
Not only do we judge sinners but we judge other Christians by what we think is the proper definition of Christianity.
Matthew 7:1 KJV “Judge not, that ye be not judged.” We bat this verse around like it’s a gold baseball. Because we KNOW for a fact we are being judged by somebody somewhere for something. So let’s just get a jump on the umpire and let it fly.
Luke 17: 3 “Be on your guard! If a brother or sister sins, you must rebuke the offender, and if there is repentance, you must forgive.” The Bible tells us we are to hold each other accountable in love. The in ‘love’ part is overlooked for blunt honesty or ‘the Bible told me so’ attitude.
Have you ever had a conversation with God, “this is between me and you right, God?” WRONG! As long as people are people, nothing is between just you and God.
Jesus washes our sins away when we accept him as our Lord and savior. Hebrews 10:10. Praise God!
Mel Brookes did a movie called History of the World Part I; in this movie Dom DeLuise played Emperor Nero and Howard Morris played Nero’s court spokesman. Nero is walking to the throne with his spokesman by his side chanting in his ear, “remember thou art mortal. Remember thou art mortal. Remember thou art mortal.”
John 8:7 NIV “……. “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.” How can anyone cast a stone when our own hands are full?
“The human super power, forgetting.” BBC Dr. Who – In the forest of the night – Perhaps each of us needs a spokesman walking beside us chanting in our ear, “remember thou art a sinner. Remember thou art a sinner. Remember thou art a sinner.”
“But, but, but,” you stammer, “it’s all there in black and white. It’s a sin.” It is all right there in black and white. Humanity can read the Bible daily. Pray on its word. Let the Bible combine with prayer lead us in our daily walk with God.
“Passion with incorrect knowledge is dangerous ground.”
No one on this Earth fully understands the Bible. We all struggle to find our place in God’s great order. Casting stones at your brothers and sisters hurts not only their relationship with God but yours.
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