Friday, September 09, 2005
 
It is for Freedom Christ set us free!

Caleb's comment on another post set off a bunch of thoughts for me.

I spoke recently with a 27 year man who spoke of coming to Jesus as a teen and it made life worse. Way worse. The gospel he professed to believe was more of an belief in a few ideas a preacher had. This good news turned out to be bad news.

Now he lived with tremendous guilt for the overwhelming situations he found himself in.
Drinking. Guilt.
Drug use - guilt
girlfriend - guilt
family - guilt
school -guilt
language guilt
lack of spirituality - guilt
lack of devotion - guilt
confusion about God - guilt
feeling guilty - guilt

It is for freedom that Christ set us free. It's GOOD news. not BAD news.

In addition our approach has led to the idea that there are levels of spirituality. People who preach are more spiritual than those who don't. People who drink are less spiritual than those who gossip. Those who do drugs are less spiritual than those who eat to much.

Then with in our spiritual class system we twist the knife of unrealistic expectations. or put another way. We often lack grace.

If you have sex before you are married... do you deserve a "pure" person who does wait?

First. Since it's a personal question, I'll answer it personally. I waited until I was married. But it was sheer luck that I made it. Looking back, I was naive about some girlfriends I had. It was far more luck than decision. Though decision was a part of it. Also. Though I waited, I'm not sure "pure" would be the right word for me at marriage.

I need to go... but just some thoughts...

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