Episodes
Tuesday May 09, 2017
Jesus Was Not A Very Good Christian
Tuesday May 09, 2017
Tuesday May 09, 2017
Jesus was not a very good Christian if by “good Christian” we mean someone who is respectable, presentable, well mannered, well meaning, and well wishing
Jesus was not a very good Christian if by “good Christian” we mean someone who moves in gospel goose step at authority’s command
Jesus was not a very good Christian if by “good Christian” we mean the business of getting more things, if the gospel is “good news” about increasing our living standards more than our loving standards
Jesus was not a very good Christian if by “good Christian” we mean the sort of person who is always snooping around to see if people are enjoying themselves and then trying to stop it
Jesus was not a very good Christian if by “good Christian” we mean disciples of the doctrines of Jesus, not disciples of Jesus
Jesus was not a very good Christian if by “good Christian” we mean someone who tries to save the standing order rather than creating an alternative order of reality within each standing order
Jesus was not a very good Christian if by “good Christian” we mean someone who is always comparing themselves to others
Jesus was not a very good Christian if by “good Christian” we mean being a gravy train for the professional clergy
Jesus was not a very good Christian if by “good Christian” we mean someone who has the right friends and keeps the right company.
Jesus was not a very good Christian if by “good Christian” we mean someone who has a problem or an issue with sin
Jesus was not a very good Christian if by “good Christian” we mean someone who is wanting more, better, or bigger
Jesus was not a very good Christian if by “good Christian” we mean someone who hears the voice of God as but an echo of the culture’s voices and to a voice from Heaven
Jesus was not a very good Christian if by “good Christian” we mean an algorithmic, step-by-step, predictable approach to church, life, and mission
Jesus was not a very good Christian if by “good Christian” we mean someone who never got angry or upset
Jesus was not a very good Christian if by “good Christian” we mean someone who constantly shares everything God is doing in his or her life
Jesus was not a very good Christian if by “good Christian” we mean holding people back from ministering until they went through discipleship training, understood the vision of the local church, and were serious mature in the faith - otherwise, irresponsible leaders
Jesus was not a very good Christian if by “good Christian” we mean someone who strives to be and would like to be labeled “Christian” or “good”
Jesus was not a very good Christian if by “good Christian” we mean sitting in a church pew and absorbing inordinate amounts of information and material without ever changing your life or applying what you are learning
Jesus was not a very good Christian if by “good Christian” we mean going out and witnessing to others at least once a week if not more frequently
Jesus was not a very good Christian if by “good Christian” we mean measuring success by numbers attending or ministered; other countries visited
Jesus was not a very good Christian if by “good Christian” we mean finding His identity, value, and worth from the ministry that He was involved in
Really, Jesus was not a great Christian nor a good one because He also had tremendously bad habits..
Some of His bad habits:
1> Jesus spit…
2> Jesus procrastinated…
3> Jesus appeared wasteful…
4> He was accused of being a glutton and a drunkard
5> Bad habit of constantly disappearing when you needed Him
6> Jesus did not follow up on and chase potential converts
7> He offended people on purpose / Made people uncomfortable
8> Never directly answered a question when asked
9> He made you think for yourself and make your own decisions
10> Jesus loved to party - and with the wrong people
11> He ate gluten and encouraged others to as well
12> He loved tax collectors
13> Hung out with people of other religions
14> He invited Himself to private homes for meals and brought His friends with Him
15> Jesus was dangerous
16> He was simply , at times, not nice
17> Not religious
18> Jesus hung out with bad people
19> Jesus surrounded Himself with theological nitwits who had no or nearly no theological training
20> Jesus spent too much time with little children
21> Jesus broke the rules
22> Jesus never went to church
23> Jesus never married, had a family and never settled down to be a stable and steady member of the community
24> Gave bad medical advice - 40 day fasts
25> He talked about politics and religion and did so over a dinner meal
26> He had the bad habit of relating to women as if they were not only human but peers
27> He had the bad habit of fixating on the little and ignoring the big
28> Jesus thought that He was God
CONCLUSION:
Yes - He was not a very good Christian
Yes - He had some very bad and seriously annoying habits
But, He is God born as a man who said that if He be lifted up He would draw all people to Himself
He knew who He was and what He was called to accomplish in His life here on Earth
And, every one of us needs to focus, in this Kingdom season, on discovering the real Jesus and removing the “Good old plastic Jesus” that we hold so close to our heart
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