Once the New Book is in place, Christianity can easily become a systems of do's and dont's, except Jesus came to change that paradigm. His commands were about healing mankind, extending grace to the needy, mending the broken, giving vision to the sightless, and freedom to those in chains.
Because He cared for those who followed Him, He gave them wisdom about life decisions and promises about His provision.
Being a Christian is a profound life, because in the end, people will make decisions about this faith on the basis of how you live it. It has been the lives of those now gone and teaching from of those lives that have changed the world. Christianity is validated by the lives of the faithful.
That's too big a responsibility for some to bear. Instead of inviting others to be imitators of their lives, they concoct a god who is primarily interested in esoteric rules and regulations. Drinking, smoking, dancing, card playing, movies, mixed bathing, hair length, piercings, tattoos, dress, language, job, lifestyle, sexuality - these are Christ's new conditions for entering fellowship, or the new goals of fellowship.
Unfortunately, the life that others are instructed by is one that overlooks demon tattoos on the shoulder of a ratty looking guy entwined with his girlfriend in front of a strip club, whose first words to you are "What the fuck are you looking at?"
If we hide from this man, then we'll never get it right, and the legitimacy of this wonderful faith should be questioned..
Sunday, August 10, 2008
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