The other day I read something that grieved my heart. It was a message to many different people about how they will be "left behind" or “go to hell" if they didn't change themselves and get “right” with God (“right” according to the writer of course). The message was based in fear and condemnation. It certainly did not move me to repentance or conviction (if it was supposed to).
For me personally, I know who I am and I know my Creator so I did not take the message personally. What bothered me was the people that would be condemned by it. Possibly someone needed to hear how much their Creator loves them and is always with them REGARDLESS of what they have done or their imperfections. Perhaps someone needed to hear that our God is a merciful, loving God and that He can cleanse them from all unrighteousness.
I believe the message by this person was rooted in fear and judgment. My rule is if the message is not rooted in love, it’s NOT God! God is love!
Many people can debate for hours
on this topic. For me, this is not up
for debate because I have opened myself up to hear all points of views. At the end of the day, I ONLY follow what
resonates in my spirit and heart. I have
to take all that I’ve been taught or heard and check-it with my internal truth. This takes work and time and I am not afraid
to employ both.
God did not come to condemn the world. He knew we would do enough of that on
our own. Romans 5:12, "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the
world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have
sinned."We are all sinners! No one is self-righteous! Jesus didn't come to condemn the world. Why should we? I believe so many people have fallen victim to this fear based message. Go within yourself, who knows the truth already, and scrub ALL things against your inner truth. Don't be so easily controlled by others and actually do the "seeking" yourself. That is what we are supposed to do. Seek and you will find.....the truth. It's already hidden inside of you. To do this however requires an open mind and heart. Many people that have been molded into a fear based message have become very closed minded and as a result you have muted your true inner voice. Cut away all of what you have been taught (not that it was wrong) because you need to go on your own truth seeking journey to now reconcile what you were taught to your inner truth. Some teachings will remain with you and some won't resonate with you at all. How can you ever really find the truth if you are so self-righteous and closed minded?
Little bird, it's time to leave your cage and fly free. Go discover the world you CHOSE to come to! Go and discover it for yourself!
As for the countless amounts of people in this world that
needs to hear the good news……..God loves YOU, you were made in His image, and
YOU are love!
As for the condemners of the world……lighten up and choose
to love freely and be loved freely. The condemners
of the bible days were ultimately silenced.
Read Matthew 12:28-34,
The
Greatest Commandment
One
of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus
had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is
the most important?”“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.”
"Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.
Why must we make it so difficult? It’s actually very simple!
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