I read a bit if Acts earlier. It confused me a lot. Stuff happened, I mean tons of stuff happened. Miracles were flying all over the place, thousands followed Jesus, sold everything they had, devoted themselves to communicating with God. Hundreds were murdered for following Jesus, thrown in jail for talking about Jesus. They believed in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died for punishment of sin, rose again, alive with God in heaven and that was pretty much it. People were baptised and lived in community, focused on God and eternally thankful to Jesus.
I'm confused because the Christianity I witness in Christian Bubble northern Ireland is nothing like this. It doesn't really seem that much about Jesus. It seems about doctrine and systems and do's and don'ts and rules and regulations pretty much like what it was like when Jesus was around.
I'm fed up with restrictions and disagreements and people thinking they know better than God. Churches split and friendships end because people can't agree on what the Bible is saying.
Jesus Christ died and took the punishment for your sin and is alive today and if you repent and believe in Him you are saved, changed, eternal and in God's family. So why don't I take that and add doctrines and systems so that my faith and relationship with God is filled with obstacles and my service and life for God is hampered by other peoples interpretation of the Bible.
I'm frustrated because the God I pray to seems to be different
than the God others pray to.
Am I wrong? I don't think God should be limited yet we have put so many limitations on His power that nothing much happens in our society anymore. We blame culture and materialism for people not following Jesus. I think that's a cop out. Maybe we don't believe enough in Jesus. Maybe we don't listen to God.
I'm being strangled by a Christianity I can no longer accept it. This is raw, it's me, I'm hurting, confused and seeking truth, God's truth.
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