The whole "liberal"/"conservative" name
calling, bashing, narrow-mindedly-assuming-their-opinion posing is a load of
BS. I just saw a blog my friend posted and it basically said that anyone who
stood with Chic-fil-a is of Satan. That's insane.
Often I am labeled as "liberal" because I'm
anti-war and I give my life to serve the homeless. Other people consider me
conservative because I think the bible teaches that homosexuality is a sin and
abortion is the killing of an innocent human being.
I'm not though. I am
trying my best to stand with Jesus. And standing with Jesus means that at times
you will stand against the conservative position and sometimes against the
liberal position.
It doesn't have
anything to do with using other people's money, because both political
positions do that-- they just disagree about what to do with the money, what
the purpose of government is.
I don't care what the government does with its billions of
dollars. I care about what God's people do with their billions of dollars.
It is a crime for any church to spend money on themselves
and not on the poor, the helpless and the oppressed, whether it is war victims,
the homeless, the unborn, or homosexual victims of hate crime.
So many people point at the Catholic church as hypocrites in
this regard. They are only the biggest offenders because they they've been
around longer than any of us. But any church that has a building that has a
room empty five days a week and does not use that space for the poor and
oppressed at least some of that time is doing the same thing.
Not every church is disobedient to Jesus, but almost. If
Jesus were here, he would shut down almost all churches and use the buildings
to house the homeless, feed the hungry, educate the ignorant and provide a
house of love to all who are unloved.
We have no right to point at Chic-fil-a, or liberals, or
another denomination or our neighbors or our internet friends. If we are not
spending our time helping the needy, whichever needy we are called to help,
using our resources to help them, then we need to look at ourselves and shut up
about anyone else.
3 comments:
AMEN!
AMEN!!
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