What do you do with Jesus?
I do not mean what you think about Jesus, or the casual Jesus waiting to meet your felt needs and give you good parking places made popular by evangelicalism.
What do you do with Jesus, the real Jesus, the Jesus of the Bible?
The same Jesus that says to unrepentant cities: But I tell you it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.
We cannot talk about Jesus without talking about the punishment for sin. Those who reject Jesus will face consequences for their sin. This does not sound like the Jesus we so often read about in the Christian Best Sellers section of your local bookstore.
Sorry for the rant, but what passes for Conservative Christianity today is a lie. Yes, Jesus is the giver of all good things and should be worshiped as such, but He is God. He is holy. He has no room for sin. Unless we understand the penalty for sin, we cannot understand the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.
So, first things first, Do you know Jesus for who he is and not who we want him to be?
Secondly, are you going to reject him and face the same punishment as the unrepentant cities?
What are you going to do with Jesus?
Peace,
Jeff Moody
jeffmoody82@gmail.com
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