Amen.My vent today is Christians that claim to fulfill the Great Commission yet drive away the very people that Christ reached out to. Those that are not washed up and fit what we think goodness is, those that are unloved, those that others reject. When they do this their blood is on their hands. If they cant deal with the language, the hurt, the raw emotion, how in nthe world can they reach out and bring anyone into the kingdom. The blood of these is on someones hands.
My vent today is Christians that claim to fulfill the Great Commission yet drive away the very people that Christ reached out to. Those that are not washed up and fit what we think goodness is, those that are unloved, those that others reject. When they do this their blood is on their hands. If they cant deal with the language, the hurt, the raw emotion, how in nthe world can they reach out and bring anyone into the kingdom. The blood of these is on someones hands.
To be honest, IAR, I have not seen your post, or I would have responded to it, as well. And for another, you have no idea what we are venting about, so you can't know who is the 'accused'.
Believe me when I say I judge noone as I am guilty of much and have been forgiven much and maybe that is why reaching out to those lkike myself that are modern day lepers is so close to me. I did not see your post you are referring to or I most certainly would have reached out. My compassion is not for those who would judge but for those who are hurting and those that Christ would have reached out to.You know what Bill? This is something you should be taking into prayer. Let me tell you a little story. A couple of weeks ago, I poured my heart out in this forum and told everyone my deepest darkest secrets over my lifetime. That I had been guilty at a time in my life of almost ALL of the sins most talked about in these forums, I was used and abused by the world Bill....and let me tell you something, only TWO people here responded with compassion and the love of Christ.
Do you know who they were? Two of the other ACCUSED and Misjudged in this forum by those who are "holier" than we are. The ones who cared, were Nadiine and Latreia. NOT ONE of my accusers or those who misjudged me, and who I would have compassion for repented or even softened their hearts. Not even those who remain on the sidelines reached out. People judging you by where you are having no idea what you went through to get there. Many of the "amens" you'll get from this post are those who are guilty of the very thing they are "amening" your post for.
I don't know what some people call that, but Jesus called it hypocrisy.
I started a Thanksgiving thread and it sits there with not one to offer up a word of thanks to the Lord? Why is that? Is it because they are too busy in this thread complaining?
Let the world change with us. Each one of us, starting with the one in the mirror.
God bless
Sorry
Believe me when I say I judge noone as I am guilty of much and have been forgiven much and maybe that is why reaching out to those lkike myself that are modern day lepers is so close to me. I did not see your post you are referring to or I most certainly would have reached out. My compassion is not for those who would judge but for those who are hurting and those that Christ would have reached out to.
Dunno - Mauori??
Ask Freitag.
Yep. It's Maori.
And I only know that because she told me once.
It's a "tribe" of people from New Zealand. You can wiki it.
In fact here is a wiki link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Māori
God bless.
Which is never a bad thing, and thank you for your post. It hit home.My point was to try to get us all to do a little introspection.