We all know that person (or persons).
Those you would call charming and amiable. They are popular because
they give no offense. They cause no problems, speak softly, never
step out of line. They work their jobs, pay their taxes, obey the
speed limit and raise their children to be just like them. The do not
question the “status quo”, they follow their parents faith and
are content with all things just as they are. To society, they are
the perfect image of a good and peaceful person. Actually, because
they care so deeply about doing nothing wrong, they are not
necessarily good, they are simply indifferent.
Is this a life we should try to
emulate? Is it a life Christ call us to lead?
It is a great mistake to present Christ
and Christianity as something charming and popular giving no offense.
Jesus was, at times, gentle, meek and mild. But He was also so stiff
in his opinions and so inflammatory in his language that he was
thrown out of church, stoned, hunted from place to place, and finally
gibbeted as a firebrand and a public danger.
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