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?

What’s so good about you?

Have you ever had what felt like a Godly anger? Now I mean something that really made you mad but had nothing to do with you. I can’t help but get completely angered at the way some “Christians think”. Let me explain, I meet people all the time who brag of their commitment when it comes to attending Sunday morning services. It feels like our Christian society is similar to the military, the longer you serve the more pull you have. Well hears a thought……..I wonder if the way “seasoned” Christians hold on to their agenda is influencing the un-churched to hold on to their opinion. What opinion? You ask. Well I’ll Blog about two of my opinions….

1. That nothing the Church has to offer will be relevant for my life.

Well let’s walk through what I believe to be what the “un-churched” experience in many services each Sunday. Hi my name is lost, when I drove up to that beautiful building this Sunday boy was I scared, I had never been inside a Church before. I wanted nothing more than to drive away but I figured I would give it one shot. When I was walking through the parking lot every one was so nice to each other I wonder why they never said hi to me. The truth is from the moment I got out of my car to the moment I sat in the pew a few people said hi but I could tell they were just going through the actions they didn’t really care about me. And than it happened, music I have never heard, clapping which I have never done and I guess raising your hands is something cool to do. The worst part was when this announcement guy asked all the new people to stand. I tried to sit but I was the only new person so I had no choice. It actually seemed like I was the only new person they had seen in years. Anyways, the preacher started talking…and I’ll can’t remember what he said something about the Greek word……….well I forgot. He was talking about all these people in the Bible that all seemed to be relatives and he kept calling me a saint…….I’m a Patriots fan not a Saints fan. If I was one of them I’m sure I would have understood. After my three hours were up I gave no one a chance to say anything to me because I ran out.

You might think I’m exaggerating but the truth is I’m being modest. The world is looking for a place they can relate to environmentally and grow in God relevantly. We don’t have to judge them with our words…..our Christian stations do it well enough with all our gold furniture and three piece suits. Not to mention the hair styles. I feel threatened turning on the T.V. unless I’m on my way to a wedding. What if we acted like the world didn’t know Jesus and are job was to introduce them to him. What if we cared less about the carpet and more about their shoes, What if we cared less about losing tithes and more about lost souls, What if our goal as a Church body was less about asking God to show up so we can experience him and more about asking others to show up so they can know him. What if our agenda didn’t matter and only Gods did…..I think lost would be found.

2nd opinion next blog....stay tuned