Lunch was difficult...
We sat and listened with grief and sadness as our precious Jewish friends told us why they did not believe in Yeshua -Jesus; the Jewish Messiah.
The reason they do not believe - they watch Christians.
William Jefferson Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Hussein Obama, all profess to be Christian. Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, Benny Hinn, Kim Clement, Rodney Howard Brown, T.D. Jakes, Rod Parsley, Marilyn Hickey, Paul and Jan Crouch, the list is endless, all wear the title Christian. Preaching and teaching to millions all the while delivering a message far different than the one taught by Jesus, the prophets or the disciples...
And the lost among us are watching.
For millions, Christianity is a union of convenience, a social networking experience. There is no intimacy or fellowship with Jesus; they are white washed sepulchers, appearing beautiful on the outside, but within, full of dead men's bones… practicing shameful lifestyles that are little different from those of unbelievers. The sins of adultery, fornication, greed, lying, immorality, pornography, drunkenness, homosexuality and drug abuse; rampant among those claiming to be followers of Jesus...
And the lost among us are watching.
The fact that so many heretics and unbelievers blaspheme the name of Christ is one of the main problems with evangelism. We see this every week in our ministry near the local university campus. Even my own mother drags up men like these, and behaviors they see through history or even in their own society.
ReplyDeleteI continue to point out that you can't blame a faith for those who abuse it.
We agreed with them that far too many are christian in name only.
ReplyDeleteWe pray this is an open door for further dialogue and soon they will accept their Messiah. Until then, we will love them and continue to speak the truth in love.