Jesus ate with drunkards and tax collectors. The Pharisees
called him a glutton and a drunk.
Jesus healed people on the Sabbath. The Pharisees said he
violated church rules.
Jesus loved people. The Pharisees loved principles.
The church had it all wrong back THEN and the church seems
to have it all wrong NOW.
The church never seems more bigoted and ignorant than the
way it approaches gays and lesbians.
From picketing signs that scream, “Fags burn in hell.”
To posters reading, “It was Adam and Eve, not Adam and
Steve.”
Really?
Church people have fallen more in love with their PREJUDICES
than with PEOPLE.
Have we forgotten that the same Jesus who died for US, died
for ALL?
Do we think salvation is based on our LIKES and DISLIKES,
not GRACE and FORGIVENESS?
We’ve got 400-lbs men declaring, “Homosexuality is a sin!”
Um…
So, is the way you treat your body.
We’ve got divorced people shouting, “Marriage is sacred!”
Um…
How sacred were the papers you filed?
We’ve got people working their second, third, and fourth
marriage screaming, “Marriage is between a man and woman!”
Um…
Jesus said to be divorced and remarried is to commit
adultery.
Nobody’s perfect. Jesus didn’t die for perfect people; he was
perfect and he died for the messed up. The church needs to start LOVING people
and stop trying to CHANGE them. The church needs to OPEN its doors instead
CLOSING them. Church people need to start looking at people the way Jesus
looked at people—through the eyes of GRACE.
Marinate on this thought for a while…
Jesus spent three years teaching, mentoring, laughing,
crying, eating, sleeping, traveling, and everything else day in and day out
with the man who would eventually betray him and send him to his death. He even
invited that person to communion to eat of the bread and drink of the wine. He
poured his life in the very person that would lead to his death.
Jesus loved Judas. He didn’t send him away on principle.
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