Furthermore, God doesn’t put labels on sin, and since each of us sin on an almost daily basis it becomes obvious that not one of us has the right to point out the sin in others. Not one. Fortunately Jesus paid our ransom, but how arrogant are we do go around acting better than anybody else when we’ve got someone else paying our tab ’cause we can’t afford to pay it ourselves?

I thought about not bothering to reply myself, but since JR has done so I will too.

I want you to think with your father cap. Let’s say one of your boys was out here in California and he got himself into a lot of trouble, screwing up his life to the point where he was living in a gutter somewhere. Let’s say it was a life and death situation and it wouldn’t wait until you could arrive from New York. Wouldn’t you want someone to go pull him out? Would you want that person to first pre-qualify him to make sure he had given up all his addictions, his sins, before saving his life? Or would you rather that person let YOU handle the issues, and have THEM just save his life?

THAT is what we’re called to do as Christians, Mike. We’re called to go pull people out of gutters. We’re NOT called to decide if they deserve it. God has a “you catch ‘em, I’ll clean ‘em” attitude. He is not willing that ANY should perish. Not one of us deserve His grace (which is why it’s called “grace” to begin with). You and I with our imperfect lives are in no place to pass judgment on others with imperfect lives. Just keep reaching into gutters and then TRUST GOD to clean up the lives of those we help pull out.

Get off your horse Mike, come out of the glass house and for God sake read the word of God and find God’s heart not simply your point to be proven… cowardliness consumes you and fear spins your rules into the lives of others.

We will not seek you as you sought us… think about, you sought us… hmmmm and now you want to make rules. Cowardly Pharisee, viper, son of the devil those are things you undersatnd, no?

Mike soften your heart and hit your knees, shed the heart of man and take on the spirit of God you’ll wear it better and might make a difference in this evil world.

Comment #29 is JR.

Pray Mike lose his life to find it. Pray Mike strives to be like Christ and not tied to ideology and judgment of those who do not yet know Christ.

J.R.

Mike, for the record that wasn’t JR commenting. It was me, but I referred to a post he’d written.