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Corinthians 13:4-8a
The
paparazzi make a living by following celebrities around in order to get a juicy
piece of salacious information that will pay big dividends. The media feeds this to us daily. Retailers place magazines at the check stand for
their customer’s impulse buying. They
know our culture is enamored about the lives and sins of prominent figures.
Let
someone hear of another’s blunder and before you know it, gossip is running
rampant around your office, or within your circle of friends, or even within
your Bible study group. Of course Christians
many times keep the fire chain going for the purpose of “prayer” (wink wink).
The
information doesn’t even have to be true, but people find this “news” somewhat
satisfying. In a sort of wacky way it elevates our
feelings about ourselves. In the name of
entertainment actors and comedians with their mouths full of profanity and
explicit talk will poke fun over other peoples’ sins. Something we are supposed to hate (iniquity)
is the very thing we laugh about.
Ask
yourself this question: Why would a
Christian rejoice over something that offends God?
As
Christians, knowing, believing, and following His truth, we should be grieved
by the sinful conduct of another.
Instead, we too often join in with the hilarious laughter and explosive conversations. Why is this?
Perhaps we feel we are above it all.
More righteous. Or could it be
because deep down our flesh has a ravenous appetite for sin?
We
live in a culture of tolerance and political acceptance. However, God doesn’t take pleasure in His
people being so accepting of sin…He counts it as rebellion against Himself. “For
the sinful nature is always hostile to God” (Romans 8:7-9 NLT), “But you are not controlled by your sinful
nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living
in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in
them do not belong to him at all.)”
God
wept over Jerusalem’s iniquity (Luke 19:41).
If we are who we say we are shouldn’t we also grieve over sin because it
separates us from God? Try to view this
from God’s perspective…He sent His only begotten Son to hang on a cross for ALL
of our sins. I know of no greater LOVE.
Forever
His,
Anita
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