Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Why God hates perfect churches.

Every now and then I encounter people who whine and snarl about the church - because it "doesn't have this or that". If you would further examine those complaints their mostly about, how the church is not like the youth center; or community center; or its not like their favorite pub or cinema; or it's not like home! Well I'm sorry! The Church is the House of God, there you meet God to pray in silence and not in public. The only reason why public sermons take place, is so you could take time for God in your busy scedual. Otherwise most of us would neglect it. As yourself: "Why do I need God?". "What does believing in God give me, what I cannot get in other means?" "Does it make me a better person in relation to others, or does it make me the thought-police?" There are times, there you must rebuke someone publicly like St.Paul did to St. Peter; and there are more times you need to talk in private or remain silent. You don't know everything. You can't suffer everything. And you don't carry the cross of Jesus Christ! You weren't dead for three days and there not resurected, nor did you go to Heaven after that to judge the whole world. There are plenty of times then we think we have all the data, and have only one side of the story. Always ask yourself then people ask your opinion to judge between them. 1) What Happened? 2) Who are in fight? 3) How are they related to you, the fight and your church? 4) What all parties get, if you choose their side? 5) Does it at all concern you? Most of the times we decide, because someone is our friend, and naturally we wanna take their side in everything. That's what a friend does? Wrong! A friend remains honest so your friends don't delude themselves into getting away with everything and expecting to have a partner in crime. While it is sometimes nessecary to go all out for your friends, it is mostly good to have a level head. Speaking honest words will make your friendship worth more, because it is based on reality and not oportunity. There is a problem with those friends, who go out for "everything". They seem to vanish into thin air, then the bear is coming. They only go all out, then they can clearly see, that you're already won. And that is the reason to listen, the reason to stand down and wait; to think, that wrong would not be done. For the little things you do wrong in a church last for Centuries but the great things you do but once are only revered til' next Sunday! It takes only one child molestation to make people to assume that all the priests are like that. Only one event of unfaithful accounting to skewer the name of other such, because they share a common God-name. Only one bully, one inklet of tar!! Because I say it again - A church is the House of God not your personal success story. It does not exist, so you could be praised by the people, what a lovely lad you are, it is there so you could connect to God. A good Christian is like a wifi connection. You never think then it's working like it's supposed to, but only then it's not. And that is there the dog is burried. God doesn't give us bad churches and priests, because he hates us, but because we would keep thinking and paying attention for those things important. Otherwise we'd succumb into a happy dream and never think again, disregarding our sheep to the wolves, because the church does all best! Sometimes bad things happen, because you havent committed to fixing them. Don't complain about "this or that" if you havent contributed with anything. Nobody likes a bad review about a movie you never even watched. That is worth nothing - and so is a bad review about your church, if you commit nothing. Then I also hear "the tithe is bad!!" Are those same people also saying that paying for your croceries is bad; or buying a ticket in the bus; or in the plane or in the cinema is bad? Why not? Why not are the churches of our time allowed to get direct credit on how they are doing, like everybody else? Why is it not holy enough to put your money there your mouth is? If you say: "Because my church doesn't do charity?" Did you enroll to be one of the first volunteers in that charity you see amiss? "Because my church doesn't work with street kids!" Are you a street preacher or social worker elsewhere? If not, why are you concerned about stuff you don't care anyway! It is always easy to care with words, just like the friends of Job did, and not by deeds! Deeds need to take a stand, which can be assaulted. You must be this, and can't be that anymore. You can be wrong in your deeds, and people hate to be wrong. Because people hate to apologize. Thus God hates perfect churches, so people, especially Christians would learn to apologize more often for stuff they did wrong and not expect merit about stuff they did right. "What did you give to your toaster, for not burning your toast, what you had for breakfast?" That's what people should ask themselves then they want to get too much credit. We don't commend our refrigerator for running. There is no Sabath day for your computer nor cell-phone, but there is one in each week for you! We don't thank the Lord that the light-bulb is working after we flicked a switch. But we're still offended, then an attendee of church fails to greet us or respect us duely like we deserve, when we did our best at Sunday's... How many of us would still be Christians, then you're the only one alive? That is here the question. Because if you're a Christian, because you're from such a family and such an environment and it's culturally aproved, then how is it in any way different from someone who's a Maori (canibal) or Sulu. What does make your faithfulness into your God make better than somebody elses God? An agnostic can also own people on Youtube or on the street and prag about it, how his arguments wasted somebody. How does that make you better than Fortnite streamers? Do they have a bad connection to their source material? If you only love your friends and hate your enemies you do average and nothing interesting. That doesn't prove anything, if you lend to a rich guy to buy a commodity and then expect to pay you back. It does mean something if you lend to a poor guy and be full aware, that you probably don't get it back - and since for your trust other people started looking that guy a new way, and his life improved! It is possible to be blessed by God and disrespect and disregard it. That is how God created this world and went to the cross. Most of the time we don't even notice the blessings we already have, because our gaze is in the sky so much that the rain comes in from our nostrils and gives us pneumonia! People don't regard it as a blessing anymore, to be married for 20+ years; or if their husband is silent and don't scoff about everything. People are not happy about their old car still functioning and not guzzling gas like some popular version would. People are not happy with their old cell phones, even if the new ones don't last that long and cost a hefty penny for each gadget you need to personally disable, so it wouldn't beg money from you. People don't seem to notice anymore what is working and why, and what it costs you. As long they can see the neon lights and pray in loud comments what in the end doesn't really matter and doesn't leave you exposed, but silent, all is fine... What is your say in it. Is it the same old, that nothing gets done, or do you have the answer? The choice is yours -- tell yourself and not me, I can't go to Heaven for you, but you can, so Godspeed yourself and not others!

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