The problem is people will view their beliefs through conservative or liberal lenses. This causes them to pick and choose how they behave as a “Christian” versus behaving as a Christian.
If we, as Christians, put what Jesus taught us first and foremost then most of the problems we face would disappear. Unfortunately we decide to put our lenses on first then decide what it means to be a Christian. Hence we end up doing something that was taught that we should not do. Judge people.
I swear there is humor in the Bible and one of the funniest lines is when Jesus says those that have not sinned throw the first stone. The Bible goes on to say the elders left first. Well damn straight! All us old people know, whether we admit it or not, have sinned like heck our whole lives. Yep, the elders left and probably in a hurry. Was it imperative that line about the elders be put in the Bible? Probably not, but someone was having a good time when that was written.
The current issue is we judge others like crazy based on our viewpoints. And our viewpoints are never being a Christian, they are our viewpoints.
The lesson from the story above is that only God is to judge us. And the great thing is, he also forgives us. So it is better for us to be a Christian first and let God judge us as we attempt to be the best person we can.
Being conservative or liberal is only in the secular world.
So the next time you want to decide what is right or wrong, are you viewing it through the lens God gave you, or are you viewing through a man made lens?
So it begs the question, are we a God forsaken world or a world forsaking God?
And yeah, I was about to Tweet out something very inflammatory and judgmental this morning. Thank God I caught myself in time. :-)
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