Why The "Panicking Christian"?

Like most Christians, I occasionally find myself in a borderline, all out panic about something which I already knew, but seem to have forgotten or that I only knew in my head, as opposed to my heart. And mercifully, God decides to show me what is really going on or what it is that I needed to know, before I completely lose my mind.

So the writing within is just that. It is that which God has shown and taught me while I was typically in one of those times in my life. Since the way in which He has chosen to reveal things to me tend to be fairly easy to follow and understand, I am sharing them via this format. That said, I take no glory for any of this. It is God whom has given me the ability to write, and it is He who has given me the content to write as well and He who saved me by His glorious grace in the first place.

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

WWJG?

We've heard it asked, WWJD - What would Jesus Do? - but what about, WWJG - Where Would Jesus Go?

Some time back, I saw a post online that basically said that Jesus would rather hang out in a bar than in a church and there were oodles of people arguing for each side commenting on it - each side as unwavering as the other in their "yea" or "nay" opinions and I am certain there are both sides reading this now. Well, you're both wrong.

To say that Jesus 'would rather' or would prefer to hang out <wherever> would be to say He was "playing favorites"...did you know that is a sin (James 2:9)? And that taking that stance is to accuse God of sin? Does that "really" sound like a great plan to you?

Would Jesus go to the bar? Yes, He certainly would and He would not be there shooting dirty looks at all the "sinners" either. Would He go to the church? Yes again and He would not be there acting all pious or "self righteous" (although He is the only One who could really).

WWJG? Everywhere where there are people, that's where. He would go the local church and the local pub. He would go down that ally where the addicts go and He would hang out at Walmart. He would hang out on "both sides of the tracks". He would go to coffee shops, fast food joints, expensive restaurants, theatres, concerts and playgrounds. And at none of these would He show up to stand in righteous condemnation over anyone - we're the ones who do that crap - which is one of the very reasons He would go where He had to in order to find "us".
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