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Made by Sarah Brown<\/a>.
This is what she writes:<\/p>\n

Lately I\u2019ve had a lot jumbled up in my head about Christianity. I\u2019ve been wondering why our lives, as Christians, contradict the way Jesus lived his life.<\/strong> Why don\u2019t we hang out with the prostitutes and tax collectors? Why is it ok for a lawyer in the congregation to get divorced, but not the pastor? Why is it unacceptable for a couple to have premarital sex, but acceptable for people to gossip about them? <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My youth pastor made a comment one time that has stuck with me. \u201cJesus died for everyone. Even child molesters.\u201d Through all the years of felt board stories, hymns, and sermons that had never registered the way it did at that moment. I guess when I thought \u201cJesus died for everyone\u201d I was unconsciously picturing the balding heads in the pews around me. Certainly not the sick twisted people who would exploit an innocent child. Jesus\u2019 sacrifice took on new meaning for me. He died for Hitler? Marilyn Manson? Wow. Then once that had sunk in, it hit me like a load of bricks. Not only did Jesus pay the price for what these people had done, in the eyes of God he became these people. The great I AM became the filth of the earth. Jesus the paradox. <\/p>\n

If Jesus had enough love to give his life for those people why is it so hard for us to love them? And in the end, sin is sin. A Sunday school teacher is equal to a mass murderer. I\u2019m the same as that child molester because God has offered us the same love. That was hard for me to accept. Then I decided that the answer to all these questions is love. We are called to love like He does. Matthew 25:40 can be interpreted, \u201cAnd the King will tell them, I assure you, when you [loved] one of the least of these my brothers and sisters you were [loving] me.\u201d The old song says, \u201cAnd they\u2019ll know we are Christians by our love.\u201d <\/p>\n

We\u2019ve got a lot of loving to catch up on, so let\u2019s get started.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Impressive and so true…<\/p>\n

Thanks to Marc<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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