How do I tell everyone I know what it know if
I’ve heard about the hurtful things that have been said to people by people in the church.
I’ve seen the failure of church people during conflict.
Make no mistake your behavior outside the church is just as damaging as it is inside the church.
What causes this type of behavior?
James 4:1-4 ESV
1 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions[a] are at war within you?[b] 2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. 4 You adulterous people![c] Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
Romans 7:15-20 My desire verses the desire of Christ.
Sharing Jesus is hard when the focus isn’t on or even about HIM.
Being in church my entire life I’ve watch my dad change. He became more understanding of those around him, more loving to his wife, I‘ve seen apologize for his fault even though others needed to as well. I’ve seen some that live Jesus on Sunday only begin to live Him in every part of their life. I’ve seen God step in and radically save people who were at the bottom.
None of that really helps me to share Jesus but I still love HIM!
The thing that has became easier and feels really natural is when I simply share the transition God has made in my life over the years. When I focus on Him privately, the words and the actions come out publicly.
James 4:5-12 ESV
5 Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”? 6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you. 11 Do not speak evil against one another, brothers.[d] The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. 12 There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
