Not Boring Yet

This was sent to me by the father of one of my friends who read my previous post, "Piss Christ."

Well, I drove from Matagalpa to Jinotega before I wrote anything... I think I've got a good fatherly response to a post made by Matthias Roberts and then linked by John Rutledge.

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=305238883446&id=1469817809&ref=mf

Love you guys. Keep on thinking and more than that, put them thoughts into action.


Very good thoughts and they were very well stated.

If I understood it correctly Matthias Roberts is saying (and you are confirming his ideas by posting the link) that we should get out of our ivory towers and pristine chapels to touch a hurting and dying world. We should touch the lives of liberal leftist revolutionaries and radical right-wing legalists, fornicators fallen from grace and debtors that cannot pay what they owe. We should help the helpless with chalkboards and roofs, not be afraid to be seen with the prostitute or hug the dirty smelly drunk, again. We need to heal broken and hurting marriages and relate with corrupt , self-centered businessmen and government officials; we should be patient with the rebellious and generous with those that ask and ask again and take advantage of one's kindness. We should love even though we have been abused, hated and mistreated. We must shine the glory of God in word, deed and power wherever we are. We must be light in a dark world. The good news is, darkness cannot overcome the light.

“God thrown in human waste, submerged and shining”

1 John 1:5 "...God is light, and in him is no darkness at all."

Even though Jesus was tempted [indicating the possibility to sin] in every way as we are and even though he was willing to relate with and “minister to” the dirtiest of the dirty (according to our measure-the sh-t of the world), sin didn’t contaminate Jesus until on the cross. He remained holy. Only on the cross did “he that committed no sin and no deceit was found in his mouth” bare “our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness.” (1 Peter 2:12, 24) In this moment of time and space “God made (Christ) who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” (2 Cor. 5:20)

Holy and pure Jesus became sh-t for us so we could become holy and upright as he is by the power of God in us through the Holy Spirit so we can shine in the darkest and dirtiest places that exist in the world (which may actually be in clean and sanitized corporate offices).

Yes, Jesus did get dirty and we should too. We should work with crap but not eat crap nor become crap. Good thoughts!

John and Matthias , if you're not up to your knees in sh-t within the next 2 weeks touching a dirty and hurting world with Christ's love and glory, the thoughts were not revolutionary [producing a sudden, complete, or marked change] at all; instead they were just a small bother that the passing of time, an enjoyable night of dancing and a can of root beer can help you forget and therefore harden your heart even more.

James 1:22 - What are you going to do about it? :)

AGAIN... Love you guys. Keep on thinking and more than that, put them thoughts into action.



An after thought:

"light, as always, light makes it beautiful"

The artwork would not have been beautiful if the crucifix had been black. The white crucifix reflected the light and colors, shining gloriously. A black one would have hidden in the filth, absorbing the light and reflecting nothing.

The same applies to us. If we are not light in a dark world, how will anybody see Christ's glory?

Again, what are you going to do about it? :O

Mr. Rutledge's also said to me in a note:

What are YOU going to do? Offending others with “controversial blogging” has no value and will require apologies if YOU are not changed. You must live out in practical daily application the insight God has given you through Mr. Andrew Hudgins.

What he says is true. It is so easy to write the words, but following them is harder. What am I going to do about it?

That's a good question.