God's Play Book!

Romans 3

 ⁹ What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. ¹⁰ As it is written:“There is no one righteous, not even one; ¹¹ there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. ¹² All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”^[b] 

Have you ever met a Christian who thinks they are better than everybody? I have. They act as Judge and Executioner for everyone, even fellow Christians. But, they are the most critical of non-christians. How can we "Go out into all the world..", if we don't get in there and associate with non-christians? And how can we get out into all the world if all we are doing is judging and executing!

We, as Christians, do not have an advantage. We are sinners. "There is no one righteous, not even one." I love it when a "gang" of christians adopts a non-christian and makes them part of the gang. It can be done without judgement, without sacrificing your values. It needs to be done. How else can you build relationships enough to have the opportunity to share Jesus. Are you going to go up to a stranger and convince them of Jesus love? NO. You need to actually share that love. Show them you care with all the sincerity that you have. I have a great Christian coaching staff that has done this time and again. They aren't perfect. But, many of them have brought in outsiders and made them an important part of the staff. Some of them change and some of them don't. But, they keep trying. They keep building those relationships. They keep loving the people they're around and sharing the Love of Jesus through their actions. We should all take a page out of that play book!

Dear Lord, Forgive us for acting as God and judging those who don't know you. Help us to realize we are sinners. Help us to realize we have no advantage except through the grace you have given us. Help us to spend our time building relationships with people and not looking down on anyone. You love all of them and so should we. Amen!