What happened to the church? We’ve become so divided in
society by political differences that we deem as Christian verses
Non-Christian. The bride Jesus calls
spotless and lovely has once again become tainted. Don’t get this twisted into me saying the
Church is somehow beyond redemption, no far from it, we are already
redeemed! But somewhere along the way we
have used that redemption as license to condemn, to contradict, and to preach a
whole slew of messages that misrepresent the gospel. I’m not against brothers calling out
brothers, but when they aren’t even part of the family that’s when things get
twisted.
What is appealing to those that don’t believe? Where’s the message of hope? The message of redemption? The message of love? I understand love is tricky because in our
society we’ve come to view love as meaning “to each their own.” Love was meant to be about kindness, truth,
and patience… we in society only like the kindness part. The church forgets that part the most
ironically…is it any wonder we but heads with the secular world so much?
I get it. Society has
changed, the world has changed and so the church must change. We fight battles and wars over such trivial
things like we’re married to the world and not Jesus. Because in marriage you fight over trivial
things, oh forget it! Geez, I’m sorry I said anything. Drop it already! Yeah, kind of like that. The thing is, although society has changed
and the values of the world have changed, certain things must remain the
same. The church must be a place of
love, truth, and life. We must remain
reflections of Jesus, not politicians waging wars over “marriage” or “gun
ownership.”
Our job has and always will be to proclaim the good
news. To offer hope. To offer ways out of sin, and to offer ways
off the paths of destruction. It’s time
to stop bringing further destruction to the souls of those who disagree, and
begin offering loving, lasting solutions to the real problems in the
world. It’s time for the church to be
the salt that seasons the tasteless world and the light that sits on the hill
guiding the world home.
Good words. I find it very hard to separate my faith from my political view and I often get caught in these debates that really amount to nothing. But you're right, we have to be the salt of the world and provide the hope of the gospel.
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