Behind Closed Doors

Okay, all of us have secrets. Some that our spouses don't even know of. We hold back from sharing our secrets for a million reasons. Think about it, in 2009 this world is all about "Coming Out of the Closet" but when you do, you know you get alot of questions as to "Why?" and "What?" and "When?" I know you catch my drift. When you are in the world, living according to the way the world does, you can come out of the closet with just about anything and find some type of acceptance. But this is very different when you choose to come out in the Body of Christ. Why? Now let's look at this thing for real. When the world "accepts" you, that means, keep doing what you are doing cause we all doing it anyways, true? When you "come out" in the church or to a brother or sister in Christ, there is usually condemnation that comes with it, true? Why is this? In John 3:12-21 we see the sacrifice that God made for us. How much he loved us as people that He sends his kid to die for us wretched folk. I don't know about you but I'm not going to sacrifice my kids for nobody YET God did it for us. You see, God saw that we needed help and he sent the only person and did the only thing that could help redeem us from hell itself. God knew then and He knows now that we are not perfect. It shouldn't be easier to come out to the world than to come out in the Body of Christ. When you look at the ministry of Jesus on earth, and the way he dealt with "sinners" it amazes me. He never once told them that they had to clean their act up and then come to him. (Look it up) He would always forgive them of their sins and then instruct them to sin no more. He didn't bash them saying things like "You know better" or "What is wrong with you?" or things that I'd rather not write and you know where I'm coming from. Yet this is what we do when someone comes to us and says " I have a problem with _______" It shouldn't matter what the problem or addiction is. We are to love them through it, pray them through it and show them in the Word of God what God says about that very thing. We don't correct them. The Word does that. We just direct them to the truth. I can't stand to hear that people don't want to go to a gathering or to church folk cause of what they may say about me. It's time that the Body of Christ grow up. We need to be smacked up a few times cause alot of us "righteous folk" are living foul lives before God and we got some nerve making others feel like they are less than. If we say we are living the way Christ has called us to live then lets do it for real. Whether in front of people or behind closed doors.