The Difference

Today I was confronted with the friends and family of two couples that have chosen to divorce for frivolous reasons and both have children. I learned of a wayward daughter who struggles with addiction and is pining away for a abusive boyfriend that's in jail. I also learned of a father who at the age of 54 has been told by his parents that he can't move back in with them unless he goes to rehab for his severe drug and alcohol addiction. I've struggled this last week with certain people in my own life that are hurting and try to hurt my family due to their own inability to take responsibility for their own actions. It's all very sad.

This is the world we live in,lost and fallen, without God. Although I can stand here and say without doubt that the people above do not know Christ and desperately need him. I also can tell you that there are people within our church today with the very same issues. They live in a perpetually fallen state and choose to walk the line of sin and repentance. I listened to one of my favorite ministers today that was talking about Christians wearing too many bracklets. They have the WWJD (What would Jesus do) bracklet because they truly love the Lord but when it come to sin in their lives they also wear the WWOD (what would Oprah Do)bracklet or WDCMS (What does Cosmo Mag Say) or how about the ever popular... WWMFD (What would my friends do) bracklet. Yes there are many among our ranks that have bought into the worlds morality. We think we have just a little, but the reality is that it's a lot. How many of us have come to think that Jesus just wants us to be happy or that it's ok to live with your boyfried. How about if your husbands a jerk and he not the nicest person in the world it's ok to divorce him?

My point is this. The only standard that is exceptable to measure what we should and shouldn't do as Christians is Gods word. Period. If we don't follow it all or we make exceptions for this standard we are kidding ourselves.

Revelation 3:16 16So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.

God's not talking to sinners here he is talking to the church. He is telling us to get with the program or get off the bus. No more compromising no more excuses for sin in your life.

We as people who profess to be Christians need to start acting CHRIST LIKE. So that we can be the hands and feet of Jesus to the world. Otherwise we are hipocrits and they won't even listen to us. Sounds harsh I know but we need to wake up. Paul was this brutal too. Maybe it's time we listened to him too.