I have issues with this.
When you go to church and are greeted by a nice couple, who says that they're Christians, the husband is a deacon, the wife is a Sunday school teacher, you're impressed! But then on Tuesday, you see the husband cussing out a kid for walking across the yard and the wife screaming at the husband telling him to quit yelling at the kid, you're kind of going to be a bit skeptical on the Christian thing....
Or say if you told the couple something in confidence, then you heard them gossiping about it to their neighbor? Would you believe them to be Christians? No. That is called a hypocrite.
However, if you go to the gym and see a man or a woman who has a little extra weight and ask them if they believe themselves to be in shape...the answer will most likely be "no.". You could even ask someone who looks like they're in shape if they're in shape and because they know themselves and their body, they could also answer with a "no.", simply because they know that they were in shape and now aren't so much.
What's the difference? One claims to be something that they aren't and the other knows what they are and owns up to it. Am I saying that not going to church and using hypocrites as an example is a good thing? Uh...no, not really. For the majority of churches, there will always be hypocrites...but there will also be good, true Christians. Sometimes you need to change churches and that is okay...so long as it's cleared by God.
~Katie
I think right now I'm a Christian who is not affiliated but fits in everywhere because I talk a lot and can get along with most people.
ReplyDeleteHowever, my writing and music is secular or not about religion for the most part.