by Living Liminal cross posted from her blog Living Liminal
If you act like total jerk and people object, you are not βsuffering for Jesusβ, or being βpersecuted for your faithβ. You are simply experiencing normal, negative feedback.
Having someone disagree with you is not persecution. Persecution involves genuine human rights being violated (e.g. oppression, torture), not merely a loss of power and privilege. Disagreement simply means someone see things differently from you and is willing to say so. Please learn to know the difference.
When people outside the church respond badly to things you do or say, it might not be because βyour words convict their heartsβ. It is just as likely because they see a disconnect between what you preach and how you live.
Politics (and by extension, your favourite political leader) will not save the world or usher in the βmillennial reignβ. Neither will legislation based on your own understanding of βbiblicalβ morality.
If making others comply with your moral code is more important to you than the plight of the poor and marginalised in your community, you may have misunderstood what Jesus meant when he told you to love your neighbour.
Jesus had no time for empire-building or king-making. He focused on serving others, loving others, laying down his life for othersβ¦
Itβs just possible that βthe worldβ is waiting to see βthe churchβ look more like that.
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