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‘God Hates Fags.’  Did you know that that’s a biblical principle?  Haha, no; I didn’t either.

Try telling that to the overzealous members of the ‘church’ known as ‘Westboro Baptist,’ pictured below.

In case you didn’t know, ‘fag’ is a slang term, meaning ‘homosexual.’  It originated as a term of a young male servant, somehow evolved to mean ‘cigarette,’ and now it means ‘homosexual.’  Who wudda thunk it?

Seriously, though – this ‘church,’ Westboro Baptist, has made it their mission in life to spread hate and malice towards other people.  Not only do they protest anything homosexual, but they protest and picket funerals of fallen American soldiers, claiming their death was a blessing from God, and they they deserve death.  Oh, and they hate ‘Fag Enablers,’ whatever them means.  Maybe it’s someone that doesn’t go out and stone gay people?  Not sure.

What I do know is this; these people are not Christians.  Not that they’re getting it wrong, or they are ‘confused’ Christians; they just don’t know Jesus at all.  This is evident by their actions.

“Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” – John 13:35

Our love will PROVE to the world who we are.  Gosh, makes you think doesn’t it?  Unloving Christians have become such a majority that now it’s the norm – it’s how the world looks at Christians.  Unloving.  Hateful.  Indifferent.  Uncaring.  Hypocritical.  Know what the sad thing is?  THEY’RE CORRECT!

How many Christians do you know would fit in perfectly with Westboro Baptist?  How many Christians do you know would rather sing hymns about how holy they are rather then show an ounce of kindness to a Non-Christian?  That’s a doozy, isn’t it?  Jesus called us to make disciples of all nations, not to obsess over each other; our brothers and sisters in Christ.  He called us to LOVE.  Why?  Because that would prove to the world who we were, and who we belonged to.

So, go about your day thinking of that.  Do you love others the way Christ did?  Love is a lifestyle, it’s not an act of kindness or a signup sheet for a charity.  So, ask yourself that again; do YOU love?

Thanks for reading!

written by Matt \\ tags: Disciples, Great Commission, Jesus, Kindness, Love, World

So many times we believe that in order to let people know we’re Christians, and that they should be too, we think we have to hand out tracts, scream scripture, and wear clever Christian T-shirts with advertisement parodies on it.  This isn’t the case at all (though I’m not bashing the T-shirts – some of them are quite awesome.)

“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. ³⁵By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”  — John 13:34-35

Once we begin not only to SHOW our love, but genuinely love all people, regardless of who they are, what they’ve done, or where they came from – like Jesus did; does, we can see an immediate change in our lives.  The bible says ‘While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.’  That kind of love is so extravagant, that we should have the same love for others as Christ has for us.

So today, a Challenge I present to you!  (Oh, boy – what’s Matt want me to do?)

Do three Acts of Random Kindness today (ARK).  Do this everyday for as long as you think about it.  Note what people think when you do these random, unselfish acts of kindness and you’ll start to see, like the song say, ‘They Will Know We Are Christians By Our Love.’

Short today, I know, but I think it’s incredibly relevant.  Josh is actually out of town this week at a U2 concert, so let’s all hope he has a fun, safe trip.  In the meantime, I’ll be writing everyday for a few days, unless Amy wants to come out of hiding, and share with us what she’s been doing.  :p

Just kidding.  We love you, Amy.

Thanks for reading!
-Matt

written by Matt \\ tags: 1 John, ARK, Challenge, Jesus, John, Kindness, Love, Random Acts of Kindness