If you don't like it - leave.
Jesus came to bind up the broken hearted and heal the sick - to set the captives free.
What are we doing personally to do this? Anything?
The churches are filled with people who do not pay attention to their own teachings about service to the world. Put the money in the plate and let someone else do that. "You can't expect me to quite my job, do you?"
Well, no. But that's an excuse, not a reason.
There is a lot that can be done to help one another. Hold the door for someone. Help out at a homeless shelter - once, at least. Collect necessities for the homeless. Recruit people to work at a habitat build (if you can't swing a hammer you can recruit). Spend a day visiting others from your church who may be in the hospital or home-bound. Donate clothes to a group like Dressed for Success or the Salvation Army. Buy some groceries for a family who is having a hard time right now. Or (given today's situation) buy gas for someone who needs to get to work or visit a family member.
God did much, much more. And there is much more than we can do. But if all we do as Christians is sit in pews once a week to listen to someone tell us how to make our lives feel better then we're only getting half the message. Salvation is not just about being saved from. It is about being saved to. What are you saved to do?
If this makes you feel uncomfortable - good. If you feel like you need to close this line of thinking, OK. And if you don't like it, leave.
Jesus told the goats that they messed up because they didn't "do" anything. Just knowing who Jesus is, is not enough. We have to live and act what it means to be a disciple of the man who fed thousands, soothed the hurts of many and raised up people who were doers of wrong to recognize that and turn from that way toward a path of doing good and paying back what they took. You can't do that by feel-good messages and how-to sermons.
So, what do you want to say? "Bah!" or "Baa!"
Don't be wondering who the l"east of these" was when the time comes to account for what you've done.
And if you don't like the fact that God is calling us to action instead of pew warming - leave! You're taking up space that someone else can use. Someone who wants to do what God would have him do - live the way God wants her to live.
What are we doing personally to do this? Anything?
The churches are filled with people who do not pay attention to their own teachings about service to the world. Put the money in the plate and let someone else do that. "You can't expect me to quite my job, do you?"
Well, no. But that's an excuse, not a reason.
There is a lot that can be done to help one another. Hold the door for someone. Help out at a homeless shelter - once, at least. Collect necessities for the homeless. Recruit people to work at a habitat build (if you can't swing a hammer you can recruit). Spend a day visiting others from your church who may be in the hospital or home-bound. Donate clothes to a group like Dressed for Success or the Salvation Army. Buy some groceries for a family who is having a hard time right now. Or (given today's situation) buy gas for someone who needs to get to work or visit a family member.
God did much, much more. And there is much more than we can do. But if all we do as Christians is sit in pews once a week to listen to someone tell us how to make our lives feel better then we're only getting half the message. Salvation is not just about being saved from. It is about being saved to. What are you saved to do?
If this makes you feel uncomfortable - good. If you feel like you need to close this line of thinking, OK. And if you don't like it, leave.
Jesus told the goats that they messed up because they didn't "do" anything. Just knowing who Jesus is, is not enough. We have to live and act what it means to be a disciple of the man who fed thousands, soothed the hurts of many and raised up people who were doers of wrong to recognize that and turn from that way toward a path of doing good and paying back what they took. You can't do that by feel-good messages and how-to sermons.
So, what do you want to say? "Bah!" or "Baa!"
Don't be wondering who the l"east of these" was when the time comes to account for what you've done.
And if you don't like the fact that God is calling us to action instead of pew warming - leave! You're taking up space that someone else can use. Someone who wants to do what God would have him do - live the way God wants her to live.
posted by genebko at 4:49 PM
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