January 25
The Truth is…
This is in response to seeing and hearing Christian people who have a superior attitude that truthfully does not line up with the message of the gospel. -RD
The truth is….
The church, that is, the body of Christ, i.e. people that claim to belong to God, has made the message of the cross about them.
This narrow mindset has done nothing but void the message of its power. Never has the message been about us, the church, the redeemed or those who consider themselves “saved”.
The message has always been about “them” – the lost ones, the ones without hope. The message of the gospel is all about reclaiming and recycling lives from hopeless to hopeful.
Jesus did not place us in a special club once we were saved. We were simply brought to the knowledge of the truth and responded to Christ!
Jesus did not die any harder or suffer more for us.
Same death!
Same cross!
Same redemption!
Just because we are in the fold does not make us more significant. If anything it makes us less significant!
“I tell you, it will be the same in heaven. There will be great joy when one sinner turns away from sin. Yes, there will be more joy than for 99 godly people who do not need to turn away from their sins.” Luke 15:7 (NIRV)
The whole point of the gospel focuses on lost people, the ones unfound and they have been the focus since the beginning!
I think it’s time we erased the lines we have drawn; the lines that separate the secular from the church world. What we need to do is address this mess that we have created and stop.
Stop the thought process and philosophy that we are better, more special and that we have somehow cornered the market on God. Because we have not!
We need to look at the human race like God does…just people.
Human beings with all their humanness are just messy, dirty, perverted, imperfect, hurt, blind, lame, frightened, addicted, gay, abused, rejected, mentally unstable, hopeless people who are being robbed, lied to and whose hope is being slaughtered.
I have resolved to do this. I am going to stop acting like I am the answer and start operating like someone who knows The Answer!
I think this is our mandate: to take The Answer to everyone and show them that hope is attainable and because we have seen impossible things at impossible odds turn around because of His love! This message has been placed in our hands so we can offer it to the world!
We know The Answer so how could we possibly keep this from anyone?
~ Rude Dog
Deut.30:3
so what do we do about it…
“I think this is our mandate: to take The Answer to everyone and show them that hope is attainable and because we have seen impossible things at impossible odds turn around…”
I don’t think we have to be standing on street corners preaching but perhaps we should just make ourselves available to be facilitators of hope everywhere…like say work, the gym or maybe even the a golf-course!
I think we might all be shocked at what could happen.
I think this is so very true, what a concept! I think Gods return is waiting upon us to get it right not the ones without christ, eyes off ourselves and our challenges and on to others we have the answer lets open up its like that song give me your eyes talks about seeing people how god sees people lift our heads up and look around and open our mouths. I love this dawn
How true. Only, only, only by the grace of God, are we not lost and walking around without hope. We are not better then any one. We are just forgiven! The attitude some christians (not all) have that they are better then others is what keeps some people away from God. We need to be showing the love, mercy and grace of God. We need to remember we were lost once too. And only by the grace of God were we saved.
I think we all know someone who USED TO GO to church. If we take the time to ask, there is usually some story of pain and betrayal behind the used to go. Those are the people we need to make the object of our prayers and our attention. When they see us as people who are not judgmental and genuinely care about them, a light will begin to shine on the road that will lead them back to God. Pain pushed them away love and acceptance will bring them back.