I Don’t Want To Be A Christian Anymore.
I don’t want to be a Christian anymore.
I am so tired.
Lately I see too many things being done in the name of God that I can’t make sense of.
It’s hard for me to see Jesus when we’re turning away refugees in fear, or shaming our brothers and sisters for their sexual orientation.
I don’t blame anyone for hating Christians right now.
I wouldn’t like us very much either.
How often do selfishness, pride, and anger drive decisions and words?
Lord have mercy.
Can we blame those who don’t trust Christians? Those who don’t want to step foot in a church?
I don’t want to be a Christian anymore.
I don’t want to belong to this agenda, this hate, this Christian chaos around me.
I want to be a part of a different Christianity. One that seeks out love above all else. One that welcomes the homeless, feeds the poor, loves the broken. I know many that live this way. And I am thankful that there are still those living with their arms reaching to Jesus, running after Him with all that they are. Those that desire to be more like Him.
But right now, the spotlight is on a different kind of Christianity. The kind I want no part of. The kind where people speak just to hear their own voices and quote the words of Jesus to meet their own agenda.
It is sickening. And my heart is saddened that the world is seeing that and not the love of Jesus.
Is that not what we are called to do in this world? To be the love of Jesus? That is all that is asked of us. Not to condemn others, or shame them, or drag them into a relationship with Christ. But to love like Jesus.
He is in control of all else.
How sad that you no longer want to be a Christian, Elizabeth. Paul said, "But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough."
Jesus said, "“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves…. Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
If we DO NOT confront sin when we see it, THEN we are unloving, for we will be complicit in someone not learning of the transformation of one’s mind, heart and soul possible when surrendering one’s allegiance to Jesus. There is redemption in Jesus alone. God has only one perfect child. All the rest of us have rebelled against Him. Every one. When we inform others of the consequences of remaining in sin -death- then we are loving as Jesus commands us to. When we fail to do so, we are NOT loving as He commands us to.
Hi Ruby! Thank you for reading and for your loving comment. I can assure you that I am still a Christian, and cling to Jesus in my daily life. In my post I was referring to the Christianity the media portrays and how I wish to have no part in that. I agree that ultimately there is redemption in Jesus alone! Thank you again for sharing your thoughts with me!
Hi Ruby! Thank you for reading and for your loving comment. I can assure you that I am still a Christian, and cling to Jesus in my daily life. In my post I was referring to the Christianity the media portrays and how I wish to have no part in that. I agree that ultimately there is redemption in Jesus alone! Thank you again for sharing your thoughts with me!