The most devastating issues in the church are the actions which are omitted (things which are not done. You see in life we often are faced with a choice to act or not act.
The failure to act is often the most devastating issue in the church. You see people in need and no one seems to care. You see many positive works are thrown away in these moments.
You find who truly cares are when the chips are down and you realize how little people care. You see talk is cheap and avoiding action is easy.
But you see it is all so negative to suggest that Christianity is not doing this or that. But when we are forced to act and faced with a choice to act that is when we learn something.
You see most dead religion is dead because it has no desire to act. There is no heat in the religion and when it meets the uncomfortable choice to act it fails.
You see to show up and recite a creed is easy. To pretend to live well is easy. To avoid certain actions is not so hard. But when confronted with the need to actual act and show love false religion almost always falls on its faith.
Many churches are filled with people of no faith. You see they have no desire to act and no desire to effect change.
When the opportunity to make a difference presents itself they always say, "No." You see many will serve on boards and do this or that easy choice but to actually love it is too much.
They can serve and spend time going through motions but to actually love is too much. You see Christianity is a religion which requires love.
Luckily God gives what he requires. When we accept God through faith he gives us the Spirit who breaths love into our lives.
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Sins Commission and Omission
Sins of commission relate to the actions we do which we should not have done. Sins of omission relate to the things we should have done that we did not do.
Often the greatest flaws of churches is the failure to act. We feel that many things are not our issue. We try to act as if the law tells us only what not to do rather than also commanding us to positively act.
Often the reality is we make our responsibility too small. We are often too narrow with the law.
The law requires far more than we wish to think. It requires that we act even when we do not feel comfortable.
It asks many things of us which push us much farther than we feel is reasonable. And that is why you see a lot of the teachings of scripture ignored.
It isn't so hard to ignore scripture: we often listen to the words and feel a bit convicted and then walk away and forget the issue. But to really live out our faith well we sometimes need to act.
I suppose understanding the law in it's depths is frightening. But the reality is always that there is more grace in God than sin in us.
We need to rest in the true depths of Christ's love. And resting in that deep grace is what enables Christian living, not hinders it.
Often the greatest flaws of churches is the failure to act. We feel that many things are not our issue. We try to act as if the law tells us only what not to do rather than also commanding us to positively act.
Often the reality is we make our responsibility too small. We are often too narrow with the law.
The law requires far more than we wish to think. It requires that we act even when we do not feel comfortable.
It asks many things of us which push us much farther than we feel is reasonable. And that is why you see a lot of the teachings of scripture ignored.
It isn't so hard to ignore scripture: we often listen to the words and feel a bit convicted and then walk away and forget the issue. But to really live out our faith well we sometimes need to act.
I suppose understanding the law in it's depths is frightening. But the reality is always that there is more grace in God than sin in us.
We need to rest in the true depths of Christ's love. And resting in that deep grace is what enables Christian living, not hinders it.
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