Does anyone find it noteworthy that Jesus spent no time addressing government and culturally sanctioned sin and violence of his day while simultaneously spending the majority of his ministry contending with the distortions and abuses of the religious leaders?
Seems so opposite to the way we the Church does things now.
Why is it so important to us to control our government and bend the will of our nation to God through laws?
Haven't we learned anything yet?
The law doesn't change hearts.
That's why Jesus came, to do for us through love and grace what the law was incapable of accomplishing through judgment and control.
The more we demand the government to force God's law on our nation, the greater the tendency to rebel. Ultimately we will suffer persecution for this. The sad thing is that we will smugly deceive ourselves into believing that we are being persecuted for righteousness sake.
We try so hard to legislate and condemn the lifestyle of others while we ourselves are still unable to bring our own lives in full submission to God's standard.
I believe we the Church will be judged for our hypocritical disregard of the way of Jesus who did not come to the world to condemn it but to save it through love, mercy and sacrifice.
