Published by I went to chior rehersal last Friday and I was presented with this statement: “I thought I knew Jesus, but I was wrong.”
Now there was a discussion that took place prior to that statement however that does not matter right now. The thing that matters is simply this. JESUS IS MORE RADICAL THAN WE LIKE TO THINK. I mean when you sit down and think about the kind of people Jesus kicked it with…I think most of us would be offended.
I mean really just think about the the people. Jesus was kickin’ it with poor people, sick people, prostitutes…I mean he was with some really “LOW” people! So now when you sit and look at yourself and you think you are doing the work of CHRIST…think again. Who is your ministry? Do you only hang around people that look like you, act like you, talk like you, smell like you? Most of us think when we look at ourselves we think we have a little bit and we get stuck on the wrong things…we are stuck on who we need to keep out of our “clicks”. We are so busy passing judgement on each other that we often forget to pray for each other. We forget to offer kind words. We don’t take time to reflect on the blessings we have while we are so busy complaining about what we don’t have. I made a shirt and I think I need to wear it more…it simply says “IF GOD HAD BEEN GOOD TO YOU…ACT LIKE IT!”
We make these jokes mocking Christianity…we get so turned off by “church people”…but don’t you know that you are the CHURCH…
If you have to talk about people…do it in prayer.
I mean really…watch yourself…and really ask yourself…WHAT WOULD JESUS DO? He was RADICAL! So when you are turning your nose up at homosexuals, homeless people, people of another race, people from another country, people from different social classes, people with AIDS, people with CANCER, old people, children who are sick…think about it…In the grand scheme of things…I think if you have a hard time dealing with any of these people…
JESUS WOULD OFFEND YOU.
Awesome and you are absolutely right. I hope everyone and I mean everyone reads this and pays close attention. These type of bold statements are what the whole world needs to hear.
I really like your sentiment and it is so true. How many of us think it is their right to lay in judgement of others. I can say for myself I was fired from a job recently due to this attitude. I did not fit in. I did not look like them, didn’t live in their neighborhoods and didn’t do what they did. They could not and would not even try to relate to me. It was awful, but I learned how awful, unfair and unjust it is to be treated like this. I’t really helps keep me balanced and I stop myself when I see someone not dressed as well or mentally unbalanced. No one has a right to be so judgemental. What made it worse of all was that it was in a hospital. This is the place where you are suppose to meet the most empathetic people. I wonder what these people actually thought of themselves. But then my brother said to me to pray for them for they are ignorant and do not know what they do. Why can’t we see that in each other? It is not the clothes on your back or the color of you skin. It is the content of your character that matters.