yesterday night i did a quick quiet time, the book that i was reading was talking about how we should be real REAL christians, not being afraid to mince our words, for jesus came not to bring peace, but to bring the sword.
the passage was about how christ came not because of just pity and love, or NOT at all because of pity, he didnt come to symphatize with us, to say oh! u poor thing, let me flap ur cheeks! lol okay OOP. back to the topic, christ came to pierce all our hearts, the darkest secrets we have, how often we pray for God to bring us closer to him, yet at the bottom of our hearts, we're not willing to let go, not willing to let go of all the attention and popularity we are enjoying, not willing to let go of that crazed love for money, how often we say we will follow God, yet when asked to do something for him, example ministry and stuff, by our seniors and leaders, we say we are not good enough, too busy, dun feel like, no confidence! i am guilty of that too! hu isnt!
then the passage went on to talk about how we should be like jesus, as christians, we are representatives! AMBASSADORS! is that spelled correctly? hu cares. the way we talk, behave, think, should ENTIRELY reflect christ, not just one part, not just in church! not just when u are playing for the worship team that sunday! the passage says that we as christians must not mince our words, we must tell the truth, shed the light on those ppl who we KNOW are doing wrong, whom we noe are not on the right track, but lets face it, how often ppl have told us, ur not doing this right, i dun think this is the proper thing to do, we fight back with a phrase like "bible said nothing about this! show me in the bible where it says no doing this! " COME ON! am i right!??? lol! guess wad! i've done that before!!! lol!! but still, us being guilty of such a crime does not mean we have no right or we cant correct ppl and tell them truthfully that perhaps a christian shld not do such a thing etc etc, basically if u wanna talk about right, we have no right to do ANYTHING! we're all disgustingly disgusting sinners! but this is the ironical part! because we're sinners! we can talk to those ppl about where they've gone wrong, cos we ourselves are screwed up! lol!
But first and truly first, we must change before we tell ppl where they have perhaps gone wrong, we must lower our defences, be willing to take hits from angels God has sent into our lives, then as a role model, go forth and uphold ur brothers and sisters in christ!
so rmb, the next time someone tells you. hey. you suck! say thank you and smile! then punch him! lol just kidding.
-cw
