Sidney, You are the same as many church members who make certain to keep the outside of the cup clean, while the inside is dirty and full of rotten things. In Christ's time they were the Pharisees who loved to put on a show for vain glory, and spoke wise and prayed on the street corners so that men would take notice of their false humility. Yet John the Baptist who wore no fine rainment, and was always being angry and speaking as one of authority was despised.
1 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
32 They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
35 But wisdom is justified of all her children. Luke 7
You have neither wisdom or discernment or you would not judge Brian so unfairly. You, like me, needs to listen more instead of speaking as you are sorely in need of understanding of the exact nature of what a Christian is or is not.
James |
