If you want to know why I'm fed up I will summarize....
1.Yes the hypocrisy.
2.The church being treated as a social club; this aggravates me to no end because that's not what the church is, and that's not what real fellowship is. Yes socializing is a part of fellowship, but it's only ONE aspect of fellowship; there is so much more to to real fellowship than merely socializing.
3.How selfish and shallow mainstream Christianity has become, and also how shallow and self-absorbed the majority of Christians are. This is going to sound harsh, but if you want to live life for yourself, then you should NOT BECOME A CHRISTIAN. I am not trying to dissuade people from coming to faith in Christ when I say this, I am being honest. Yes there are parts of your relationship with God that are personal and intimate; however for the most part when you become a Christian you put your wants and your desires last. God goes first, followed by others. However Christians are so focused on 'God's plan for [my] life' that it doesn't occur to them that a large part of God's plan for their life is serving and loving others; that the whole purpose of life is love....loving others, loving God, and being loved. It's also being like Christ which means loving like he does, and serving like he did. When you ditch somebody and/or start treating them like crap because they're not nice to be around like you want, that's not how Jesus acts, and that's who we're supposed to strive to be. Then you get this litany of 'we're humans we make mistakes too'. Yeah I don't expect perfection, but when you use that line incessantly, you're just using at as an excuse to be complacent. You can't live life how you want and follow God at the same time.....yes God has a plan, hope, and future for everybody but there's a reason that the concept of dying to yourself is in the Bible, and Jesus Himself said 'that whoever wants to save his life will lose it'. Christians are so obsessed with doing what they want to do, and yet half of them are miserable and empty by doing this.
4.That you try exposing the issues that are such huge issues in the body of Christ today, and you try doing so, and you immediately get accused of 'judging and bashing' because it's not nice and happy like they want to here, because it's not stroking their ego like they want. Saving face with their pride and ego and doing what they want to do is more important than knowing God, and that makes my blood boil. The Truth hurts and most of the time it's not going to be 'fluffy and nice'. The Bible Says that the word of God pierces the soul to the marrow. Yeah I could do a better job of expressing the issues I have, I admit that; however the reality is that many times as I just stated previously, the truth isn't nice and no matter how nice you try to package the message it's still not going to be nice to receive.
5.Narrow mindedness. That if you conform to how they think and act, and think and act like they want you to, you'll be accepted and get time, help, love, and attention. That any view that is different than their view is wrong, and then they try to shove their view down your throat. Having different perspectives as long as it aligns with the Bible isn't wrong.
6.The Hypocrisy with serving. America is all about convenience and this attitude has infiltrated the church and it's totally ruined the church. Serving isn't always going to be nice, and real service requires sacrifice. If you're only going to serve when it's convenient for you, it totally defeats the purpose of doing so. Add to that Christ says whatever you do unto the least of these you do unto me.
1.Yes the hypocrisy.
2.The church being treated as a social club; this aggravates me to no end because that's not what the church is, and that's not what real fellowship is. Yes socializing is a part of fellowship, but it's only ONE aspect of fellowship; there is so much more to to real fellowship than merely socializing.
3.How selfish and shallow mainstream Christianity has become, and also how shallow and self-absorbed the majority of Christians are. This is going to sound harsh, but if you want to live life for yourself, then you should NOT BECOME A CHRISTIAN. I am not trying to dissuade people from coming to faith in Christ when I say this, I am being honest. Yes there are parts of your relationship with God that are personal and intimate; however for the most part when you become a Christian you put your wants and your desires last. God goes first, followed by others. However Christians are so focused on 'God's plan for [my] life' that it doesn't occur to them that a large part of God's plan for their life is serving and loving others; that the whole purpose of life is love....loving others, loving God, and being loved. It's also being like Christ which means loving like he does, and serving like he did. When you ditch somebody and/or start treating them like crap because they're not nice to be around like you want, that's not how Jesus acts, and that's who we're supposed to strive to be. Then you get this litany of 'we're humans we make mistakes too'. Yeah I don't expect perfection, but when you use that line incessantly, you're just using at as an excuse to be complacent. You can't live life how you want and follow God at the same time.....yes God has a plan, hope, and future for everybody but there's a reason that the concept of dying to yourself is in the Bible, and Jesus Himself said 'that whoever wants to save his life will lose it'. Christians are so obsessed with doing what they want to do, and yet half of them are miserable and empty by doing this.
4.That you try exposing the issues that are such huge issues in the body of Christ today, and you try doing so, and you immediately get accused of 'judging and bashing' because it's not nice and happy like they want to here, because it's not stroking their ego like they want. Saving face with their pride and ego and doing what they want to do is more important than knowing God, and that makes my blood boil. The Truth hurts and most of the time it's not going to be 'fluffy and nice'. The Bible Says that the word of God pierces the soul to the marrow. Yeah I could do a better job of expressing the issues I have, I admit that; however the reality is that many times as I just stated previously, the truth isn't nice and no matter how nice you try to package the message it's still not going to be nice to receive.
5.Narrow mindedness. That if you conform to how they think and act, and think and act like they want you to, you'll be accepted and get time, help, love, and attention. That any view that is different than their view is wrong, and then they try to shove their view down your throat. Having different perspectives as long as it aligns with the Bible isn't wrong.
6.The Hypocrisy with serving. America is all about convenience and this attitude has infiltrated the church and it's totally ruined the church. Serving isn't always going to be nice, and real service requires sacrifice. If you're only going to serve when it's convenient for you, it totally defeats the purpose of doing so. Add to that Christ says whatever you do unto the least of these you do unto me.
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