There is a reason we are called to follow Christ. Religious people will let you down continually. If I wasn’t following Christ, I would have left the church by now – especially this year. Never in my life have I been so disappointed in the church. We had the perfect opportunity to show the world what heaven looks like, and we failed. We decided it was more important to be some political affiliation or some race or some bastardized form of nationalist.
Who cares if you’re republican or democrat, if you don’t love one another? What difference does it make if you’re a person of color or not, if you can’t support equality for all? What good is it if you wear a mask or not, if you belittle those who think differently than you? The church, in America anyway, looks just like the world. There is no peculiarity; there is no salt and light. There is only saltiness, bitterness and hypocrisy. Religion has made a mockery of us all.
If it appears that I’ve become distant, I have. If you think I’m becoming disconnected, I am. If you’re wondering what is going on with me, don’t. I’ve got my eyes on Jesus, and that’s the only way to live peaceably with all. Imitating Jesus Christ is what I was called to do, and I don’t want to know anything about you but Christ, and Him crucified. Can you imagine what an impact the church could have on the world, if we all imitated Christ instead of our preferred political platform? Religion is being used and abused as some standard of truth, rather than Jesus Christ being the only standard. Bottom line, I’m over it.
Ephesians 5:1-2 NASB – Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.
Romans 12:18 NASB – If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.
I Corinthians 2:2 NASB – For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.
