Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Thankful for God's Amazing Grace

Sorry, but this has been on my heart for a week already, recently one of my favorite christian artists, choose to live a life of sin ( coming out of the closet) and since then I have heard numerous people bash him for this. Now I am in total agreement homosexuality is a sin, not because I think so but because God said so, and I believe that continuing in a lifestyle of blatant continued disobedience can and will cost him his salvation (as well as anyone else who chooses to live a life of disobedient unrepentant sin ). However I have heard and seen people make comments like "God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve" and I can't help but wonder what makes us think Jesus would ever say something like that? I can't help but think of a story in scripture where some people caught a woman in sin and brought her to Jesus, they wanted to stone her, yet Jesus stopped, scribbled something in the sand, then said, he who is without sin cast the first stone. I want to be like Jesus in all I say and do, the scripture says Jesus came " full of grace and truth" and I am so glad for His grace, because I definitely cannot cast the first stone. Now hear me out I am not excusing or justifying sin in any way, shape, or form. Jesus didn't and neither should we, but Jesus also wasn't sarcastic about it either. According to what I see in scripture when Jesus was dealing with sinners He lovingly called them to repentance. I want my conversations to be seasoned with grace, speaking the truth in love, as Jesus did and would. We must stand for truth and never compromise, but always, always in love. "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)that kind of love amazes and humbles me. So it is my hope and prayer that those of us, who have been forgiven much, will love much, that we will freely give, what we have freely received and show Gods amazing love to the world around us. Lets pray for reconciliation for our brothers, and sisters caught in sins trap, instead of spreading condemnation and judgement. Realizing that it is "grace that has brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home"

2 comments:

Erika W. said...

I agree! When he came out a month ago, I wondered how many people went and threw out his CD's and such in an attempt to get "that sinner" out of their homes. Sad, really sad, because when he was living for God, he was an amazing songwriter. It reminds me of Solomon- the greatest and wisest king to ever live. He fell to sin later in life- does that mean we discard all the Proverbs he wrote before that sin? I hardly think so!

All we can do is remember to pray for him, and the many other prominent Christians who fell to temptation. Being in the public eye just puts a bigger target on their back for Satan to try and use to prove something through their fall.

Anonymous said...

so where is 10-30 and 10-31...
Sorry dear I know that sometimes I am not helpful to you... please don't quit...