Friday, July 31, 2009

Where you can find more Jesus and less crap!

What are the requirements of being a Christian? What about the rules that must be followed in order to be called a church?
People are often turned away from church, God, and religion all together because of these so called "rules" and "requirements". The view of church and christianity has been skewed so badly because of the entertainment world and all of the church's out there that have God "figured out". Since when did it become a sin to not sing out of hymnals, or to say the word crap? Come on people seriously? So many people in church's nowadays try to put on a holy facade and make themselves look as perfect as possible. They memorize as many bible verses as possible and on Sundays they dress up and talk about Jesus, but as soon as monday begins they are back to work and that whole "Jesus outfit" gets put away until next Sunday. Sounds kind of like the Pharisees to me. Anyone who wasn't as perfect as they were and kept the Sabbath holy and praised God as they praised God was not worthy to be called a follower of Him. There is nothing in the Bible that says you have to wear a shirt and tie to church, or that if you say the word crap you are going to hell. People get turned away from church because many churches out there put on that "only perfect people allowed" act and therefore if you have sinned or if you have tattoos, or are an alcoholic, or addicted to porn, or you listen to secular music then you are NOT welcome in God's house. This kind of attitude disgusts me. In the eyes of God sinning is sinning, no matter how drastic. Saying the Lord's name in vain when you hit your thumb with a hammer is the same as cold blooded murder! No one on this earth is any better than anyone else, and those who judge while here on earth will be judged tens times worse when standing before Christ. Next time you start to judge someone based on their sins and their outward appearence remember what the bible says in Luke 6:37-42
37"Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."
39He also told them this parable: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? 40A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
41"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 42How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.'"

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