Friday, July 18, 2008

• HOW THE CHURCH CAN BE EFFECTIVE;

   

   

   

  Be What The World Won't Be

  RESPONSIBLE

   

  

   

   

  I am feeling a bit better, plus I have a few days off so I can stay indoors, most of the time.   I'm not over it yet, but I'm over the hump.  A couple more weeks and grass and late tree pollen season is behind me until next June/July.   

  TO CHRISTIAN GUYS:

  Lot's to consider these days, but as is my usual practice I level an accusatory finger at US...The Church of Jesus Christ.   We are not the cause of many, dare I say, any, of the world's problems, but what we miss continually is that we are sent to be responsible.   God sent His Son to take responsibility for our sins, but we forget that, and attempt to rally the world to behave itself as it ought.   We also forget that without Christ we who call ourselves Christians couldn't behave ourselves as we ought...never mind those of us who call ourselves Christians who don't behave any differently from the world around us.   

  Casey Bennett poses a good question on his blog today: 

     WHY DO MEN AND PORN GO TOGETHER LIKE PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY? 

  An excellent question, and the most obvious answer is that men are just geared that way.  That's the answer the world gives us, and the one we'd like to accept, but it isn't the truth.   The truth is that men, like the other half of the population, don't like what they don't understand.   Feelings are very subtle things for us guys.  We channel our fear, doubt, hurt, caring, compassion, creativity, sensitivity, et al, into two completely safe destinations:  Sexual expression or anger.   We accept for ourselves either the upraised fist or the stiff penis.    In this society men are becoming more and more two dimensional.   And let's face it men are safer if we can just keep them to two base emotions.  If either gets out of hand we can always cut it off.   While it sounds nice and safe it isn't, either for men or society.  

  I was a sexually immoral person, and when I say that I mean I was gay.  I don't mean that I just acted in an immoral way, but was immoral by the very fact that I accepted for myself something other than what God had lovingly and graciously created for me to have and to be.   No need to read into that anything other than what it says.  If you can't understand what I've just written, then you have a problem I can't help you with.   Be that as it may, I was an irresponsible, immature, selfish, prick who wanted what I wanted no matter the cost to anyone else.   That's what one gets when one buys into the idea that they are made to be a support system for his penis.   If you're gay, into porn, "hooking up" etc. then you are sexually immoral person who is irresponsible, immature, selfish, who wants what you want no matter what it costs yourself or others.   I'm convinced, so don't attempt to convince me otherwise.  Life experience, and extensive study leave me with no other conclusions.  

  Christian Men, we have to grow up now.  We have to embrace what God has called us to be in our homes, churches, and world.   We are called to servant leadership.   We're called lay our lives down as Christ laid His life down for the Church; first in our families, and then the world.   That's the call to us.   Don't worry what God has called the women folk to do and be, God will not judge us according to how well the women kept His commands.

  Why do men and porn go together like peanut butter and jelly?   Simple, because we don't want to deal with the very difficult and personally costly emotions like fear, doubt, and hurt.  It's so much easier to be successful with porn.   All we need to make it with porn is a bottle of lube, something to cum into, and our hand....To make it with one woman for a life time takes everything we've got in us to give and a whole lot of grace.    And one more thing, a solid growing relationship with God.   Once we've recognized how much it will take to be with one woman for the rest of our lives, we will realize that this woman and our children, need a place to be a family.   When we realize there is no place for a family in this society we'll have to face the next thing.    The next thing is that the world can be made a better place when we men do what Jesus called us to do.   

  Just as God sent His Son, so Jesus sends us into the world.   Luke 4:18-19:  

        “ The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me,
        Because He has anointed Me
        To preach the gospel to the poor;
       He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
       To proclaim liberty to the captives
       And recovery of sight to the blind,
       To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
       To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD.” 

  That's the call boys.  So it's completely understandable that we'd want to run away to violence and porn.    But for one little fact....porn and anger don't do it for us.  The call doesn't diminish, doesn't cease, won't ever leave us alone.   We're between the Rock and a hard place.   immorality or Jesus; life or death. 

  We can continue to be part of the problem with our shallow sexual immorality, childish anger, petty selfishness, or we can repent, and begin anew to follow Christ as we are called to do.

  As far as the ability to get it done, well that's something we don't need to worry about at all.  God's already taken care of that.  Remember what Jesus said,   

  "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." Matthew 11:28-30   

  It's Christ's yoke that is easy and light.  We've just accepted a lie and a burden for ourselves that sexual immorality and pointless anger are easier than God's call.   Jesus has freedom, but you and I are going to have to be stretched beyond what we think is possible for us.    The question is will we allow Him to do it in our lives?

   

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