Continuing my reading of "Re-Jesus: A Wild Messiah for a Missional Church" this morning waiting for my daughter Abbey as she was getting braces on her bottom teeth, I read this:
"Whether we like it or not, we carry the burden of having to live out the truth in such a way as to establish its viability among those who are watching. Shane Claiborne, author of The Irresistible Revolution, once surveyed a group of people who identified themselves as 'strong followers of Jesus' and asked them, 'Did Jesus spend time with the poor?' Around 80 percent replied in the affirmative, leaving a disturbing 20 percent of so-called strong followers of Jesus who think Jesus didn't spend time with the poor. That this could be the case should remind us of the levels of Christian ignorance about our founder and Lord. But the more disturbing fact is that Claiborne asked the same group, 'Do you spend time with the poor?' Only 2 percent replied that they did. There is for many an almost complete disconnect between our beliefs about Jesus and our actions." pg. 53
What impact does reading something like this have on you?
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It affirms a constant struggle and tension I have. On one hand, we have our salvation through Jesus, and not through anything we do. On the other hand if we have faith in Jesus we should look more like him and less like the world around us. My struggle is that most of the time I sure look a lot like the world.
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