Many Christians spend a lot of their time condemning the world, saying how badly society sucks, then looking for a political solution to figure out how to get rid of the suckiness. Neither of those work. Spending all your time condemning society won’t change it, and looking for a political answer to solve the problem of society won’t change it either.
God so loved the world he didn’t send a politician. Why? Because you can’t change people’s hearts by laws. No law will turn a bigot into somebody who will love all the races. Only God can get rid of racism in the heart. Only God can get rid of selfishness in the heart. No law is going to turn people who are selfish into unselfish people. Jesus said, “I didn’t come to condemn the world. I came to save it.” So no matter what I’ve done, God wants me.
Remember the story of the prodigal son, the kid who tells his father, “dad give me my half of the inheritance” and he splits and goes to sunset strip in Jerusalem and spends all his money on wine, women, and song – mostly women? He ends up feeding pigs in a pigsty. He finally realizes this doesn’t work so he goes home to his dad with a humble attitude, smelling of the pigsty. The father runs out to greet his younger son. He grabs him in a big bear hug, My son has come home! Let’s have a party.
He doesn’t say to his son, “Son, go and get a bath. Get shaved. Put on some clean clothes. Get rid of that stinking pig smell and then I’ll give you a bear hug.” No, he says I love you just the way you are.
God loves and accepts you just the way you are.
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