March 14, 2012

  • Pointing the Finger

    (Rom 8:1 AMP)  THEREFORE, [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live [and] walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit.

    There may be no condemnation in Christ, but there sure is plenty in the church! Whew! My heart is so sad every time I hear a story about a person who has left a church because someone has been critical and condemning of them. It happens over and over. What I do not understand, is how the condemners think they are helping? HOW?

    How does instructing a young lady who is a new Christian and just got a scripture tattooed on her arm that tattoos are evil help her feel closer to Jesus? How does judgement EVER encourage someone?

    How does it comfort someone who limped back to their seat after being prayed for for healing, that the reason they are not healed is because of sin in their life? Can you picture Jesus doing that?

    Does it make a grieving mom and dad feel better about their runaway child to inform them that they should have been stronger about disciplining them? Even if it were the truth, what good does it do now to bring it up? They probably already have thought about that, and are feeling guilty enough. Should we add to their pain? Would Jesus do that?

    Come ON, people! Show me one place in scripture where Jesus ever did that to the broken and hurting. Yes, He did address sin, and He was strong about it, but He never condemned those who were in pain.  If Christ does not condemn, who do we think we are? What gives us the right? What is it motivated by? Love? I don't think so. Genuine caring for the welfare of others? I doubt it. Pride and our own insecurities? Probably.

    Yes, there is a place to confront wrong doing, and their are scriptures which instruct us on how it is to be done. Maybe we should review them. Maybe we should remind ourselves also, that Jesus said "Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. If we want mercy for our own shortcomings, we need to respond in mercy to the shortcomings of others.

     Let's love like Jesus. 

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