Tuesday, October 9, 2007

2nd opinion

So I always believed that all sin leads to death. (Separation from Christ) Where did followers of Christ ever come up with the idea that we can set the hellometer. For some reason Christians seem to think that liars, thief’s, and cheats, all go to a nice part of hell and people who deal with sexual sins, drugs, or our fashionable different all go to the not so nice part of hell. Have we ever taken time to think that maybe the way we view sin is completely different then the way God views it. Maybe we have it all wrong, maybe the truth is when we say we need to reach the “worldly” we are actually talking about ourselves. Maybe the “worldly” have something that we as Christians could use……….HONESTY. There are two differences between someone who is not a follower of Christ and myself. The first is obvious, I have taken the offer of salvation, I am forgiven. The second is rather interesting, I hide my sins to appear as someone I am not while the “world” wears their sins for everyone to see. What if I was transparent? Would you still read my blog? Would you still call me Pastor? Would you still love me? What If I told you that I often fight off lustful desires and have told several lies to get ahead in life and to appear as though I’m not. What if I told you at times I don’t treat my wife the way God has commanded me and I have not always honored my parents. What if I told you that I am far from perfect every day and the only thing that separates me from a Child molester, rapist, homosexual, thief or liar was something I never earned,… It was given to me. Maybe the “world” stays away from the Church because the Church forgot what it was like to be the “world”….imperfect…..or are you?