Are we as Christians portraying the image of god, or our we portraying an image of the world?
This question may sound a little direct. but i was having a conversation with a friend a few days ago and he told me a story about a kid that his father has been working on for a while and he got himself in some truble with the law. its not the fact that he got in trouble that really bothers me. its the fact that he still hasn’t told my friends, father about it because he’s afraid. I started questioning why exactly he was afraid. was it because he’s afraid of admitting the truth? or is because we as Christians have dealt situations like this the wrong way?
people tend to think that all Christians do is point fingers and cast judgement on others. When actually it is supposed to be the opposite. But why do people think that? Is it because we have given a poor example of what Jesus would do in this situation?
when dealing with situations we need a little “truth” and a little “grace”. without a correct balance between these two thing its hard to fully and effectively minister to other people.
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