living a life worthy
So why are we, as Christians, surprised when people who do not know God act as such? I see so many Christians confused because of, hurt from, surprised at, and struggling with, the world. More often than not, I am all of those things too.
But of course non-Christian people don't always act like Christians do - they aren't Christians.
We have God! There must be a better way for us to approach the world without getting so emotionally distraught. It seems, at times, that we take it as a personal attack when non-Christians act like non-Christians. This shouldn't 'throw us for a loop.' We are told in the Bible that there are many terrible things that must come to pass before His Restoration. He told us that the world would not love Him or follow Him. We forget that we would be no better off without Him.
And yet here we are, blasting our Facebook newsfeed with the latest terrible stories and expressing our disbelief, dismay, discontent, disapproval, disdain, and any other words I can think of to continue the alliteration!
What I don't see us doing is making a change. We see things that 'we don't even know how to deal with' - but we should know! It's part of our job to know, right? Christ did this all the time during his earthly life. He didn't look at the Pharisees or the non-religious people and stand there shaking His head. He didn't deny service to people because of their sin. But Jesus served all of the lost. And yes, the Pharisees hated him for it.
They thought that Christ was wrong and sinful to be dining with certain people and hanging out with the 'bad crowd' just as the onlooking Christians of today may think we are wrong to speak to, give our service to, and help the lost. Serving the lost means more than sitting in our comfy homes and occasionally praying for the 'less fortunate.' If we, as Christians, are constantly in communion with God, people are going to know what we believe and what morals we support. Serving a non-Christian will not destroy that.
I am rambling a lot on this topic. I'm not sure what it looks like to apply these concepts to my life. But maybe it means really applying the Gospel in the sense that we call things what they are, and then we address them God describes to us in His Holy Word.
I guess I am trying to figure out what it means to "live a life worthy" (1 Thess. 2:12, Phil. 1:27, Col. 1:10, Eph. 4:1) and how that applies to my relationship with the World. I am tired of standing here, crumbling at the sight of the broken world, when I, and other Christians, should be stronger because of Christ and the Holy Spirit. Not that we are invincible to emotions, but that we should not be swept away in surprise because what we were told would happen, is indeed happening...
It reminds me of Christ prophesying His death, burial, and resurrection - and yet we did not know what was happening. It's like we can't quite understand...
But we have to try, right?
But of course non-Christian people don't always act like Christians do - they aren't Christians.
We have God! There must be a better way for us to approach the world without getting so emotionally distraught. It seems, at times, that we take it as a personal attack when non-Christians act like non-Christians. This shouldn't 'throw us for a loop.' We are told in the Bible that there are many terrible things that must come to pass before His Restoration. He told us that the world would not love Him or follow Him. We forget that we would be no better off without Him.
And yet here we are, blasting our Facebook newsfeed with the latest terrible stories and expressing our disbelief, dismay, discontent, disapproval, disdain, and any other words I can think of to continue the alliteration!
What I don't see us doing is making a change. We see things that 'we don't even know how to deal with' - but we should know! It's part of our job to know, right? Christ did this all the time during his earthly life. He didn't look at the Pharisees or the non-religious people and stand there shaking His head. He didn't deny service to people because of their sin. But Jesus served all of the lost. And yes, the Pharisees hated him for it.
They thought that Christ was wrong and sinful to be dining with certain people and hanging out with the 'bad crowd' just as the onlooking Christians of today may think we are wrong to speak to, give our service to, and help the lost. Serving the lost means more than sitting in our comfy homes and occasionally praying for the 'less fortunate.' If we, as Christians, are constantly in communion with God, people are going to know what we believe and what morals we support. Serving a non-Christian will not destroy that.
I am rambling a lot on this topic. I'm not sure what it looks like to apply these concepts to my life. But maybe it means really applying the Gospel in the sense that we call things what they are, and then we address them God describes to us in His Holy Word.
I guess I am trying to figure out what it means to "live a life worthy" (1 Thess. 2:12, Phil. 1:27, Col. 1:10, Eph. 4:1) and how that applies to my relationship with the World. I am tired of standing here, crumbling at the sight of the broken world, when I, and other Christians, should be stronger because of Christ and the Holy Spirit. Not that we are invincible to emotions, but that we should not be swept away in surprise because what we were told would happen, is indeed happening...
It reminds me of Christ prophesying His death, burial, and resurrection - and yet we did not know what was happening. It's like we can't quite understand...
But we have to try, right?
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