The Blame Game

Our society's moral condition is at an all time LOW. The world is pointing the finger at the church, and the church is busy pointing the finger at each other, and of course at the world.

 To the church:
 The lack of love and compassion in the body of Christ today is very saddening. Especially when the bible clearly tells us that: By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. (John 13:35) Today we are seeing the church looking less and less like the disciples of Christ, and more and more like the carnal Christians described in Collosians 3:5-11. Instead of taking our rightful place as the warrior bride, seated in heavenly places with Christ, we've chosen to take a much lower seat with the enemy and launch vicious attacks of hatred, judgement, and criticism towards our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. It is about time that we all just GROW UP into mature men and women of God, more like the new man described in the latter part of Collosians 3 verses 12-17. The bible tells us that the weapons of our warfare are not CARNAL, but mighty IN GOD for the pulling down of strongholds (2 Corinthians 10:4), and we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers (Ephesians 6:12). We seemed to have forgotten who the real enemy is. So what should we do with the people? What the word says; pray for one another (James 5:16), Restore one another in love ( Galatians 6:1),Settle the matter between the two of you, or take 2 or 3 witnesses (Matthew 18: 15-16). Agree to disagree, and if all else fails, part ways in peace (Hebrews 12:14)
None of us are perfect, not one. For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.(Romans 3:23) We are not called to perfection, but to be models of progress in the faith. We should all be striving to look like little Jesus'. This, I believe is a lifelong journey in which we have something to look forward to because we know that when we see Him, we will be like Him! 1 John 3:2-3 The awesome thing about God is that He gives us His word( which is Himself) that we can look into and be transformed; if we would allow it! Lastly,here's something to think about: Matthew 24:12 "Because sin abounds, the love of many will grow cold, but he who endures to the end shall be saved. 13. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

 To the rest of the world:

 Yeah "those Christians" are phoney, they're hypocrites, all they want is your money, and they are oh so judgmental. At the end of the day, however, every individual is responsible and will have to give an account to God for their own actions. It is the goodness of God, not the people, that is meant to lead you to repentance. Please don't let the actions of a group of people be the reason for you neglecting to get to know this Precious Savior, and spending an eternity apart from him in hell. That excuse will not hold up, and it is totally not worth it!

Moral of the story, take responsibility for your own actions, and let God take care of the rest!

 With love,
 The apple of His eye :-)