Ranting

So, here is my rant of late:
"Stop it, stop it, stop it! Christians stop sitting in judgment over the world, and start running into enemy territory to save the lost!"

I have been so tired of people saying "you have to vote for _____ or it's the end of the world!" It has come from both liberals and conservatives, so don't think I am only peeved at one group.

Each has their list of "worst sins ever," but they are usually not the ones that Jesus condemned most often. For conservatives it is homosexuality and other sexual sins. Jesus never addressed homosexuality specifically and other sexual sins only briefly. He stopped a woman caught in adultery from being stoned, and allowed a woman of ill repute to wash his feet. Why not treat sexual sinners the same today?

For liberals it is restricting the political freedom of minority groups, equal treatment under the law for every person. In Jesus day, there were several classes of people from Roman citizens--the elite--to slaves who were expendable at their master's whim. Jesus never lobbied the Roman Senate for slaves rights, although he did come to break chains. But those chains were the links of slavery to sin's oppression.

The fact of the matter is this, Jesus said "Go and make disciples." He did not say "go find a nice spot with a view, sweep it clean of sinners and be comfortable ignoring the world as it goes to hell around you."

Our job as Christians is not to make the world safe and comfortable, it is to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with others so that God can reform their lives just as he has reformed ours.