"For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough."
Who are you? What are you? Where are you?
The other day I walked into a room where a couple of people (Who were followers of Christ) playing a certain game that involves certain topics and themes that are not very appropriate. As soon as I saw this I turned around an left. However after sitting for a while wrestling with God (as so many of us do so many times) I let the Spirit win and walked back to the room.
I interrupted their game telling them that what I was about to say was something that they could take or leave but I know needed to be said. In summary I asked them to ask themselves "in what way does this honour Christ, bringing about the furthering of His kingdom"
You see we live in a world that has no line, no white or black, we live in a world that tells us if we do live in a white or black we are wrong, we are judgmental, bigoted, hateful, homophobic, and bible thumpers. And unfortunately Christians are starting to believe this and make their lifestyle gray as well. Saying "oh but it is just fun, its not harming anyone. I'll just sit here, I wont say anything"...
May I be so bold to say that if you call yourself a Christian you unfortunately have verbally agreed to live a life that has blacks and whites but no greys. Now I don't mean we should be legalistic, Jesus called the religious leaders out on doing that, but rather we should ask ourselves in all things we do "How is this honouring Christ, is it honouring Christ". You see Paul says here in this passage that if we let things slide we begin to just let everything in. David in 2 Samuel 11 didn't wake up that morning saying "hey I am going to have sex out of marriage with a married woman then kill her husband to cover it up today" (spoilers Uriah dies, so does Davids first son from Bethsheba...). NO! David woke up that morning saying "Hey I don't want to go to battle, I am going to nap instead", he let it slide, he made his faith that was black and white become gray.
Scripture calls us in Hebrews 12:2 to "set our eyes on Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith", when Peter walks on water in Matthew 14 he does it by setting his eyes on Jesus, the moment he takes them off Him he sinks... what happened their in the physical is what happens to us in the spiritual.
So who are you? where are you? what are you? and is Christ glorified by it!?
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