The bright idea. The
illumination. The moment that we
suddenly “see” for the first time. I was
reading a devotional that started to explain how other religions held a certain
belief. Then the light bulb came on with
the next words. “But we Christians….”
It didn’t matter what the particular belief was for either
Christianity or the other religions that were noted by that author. “But we Christians….” That phrase separated us from other
religions. It separated us from their
different beliefs. It separated us from
other people.
Did God really mean for us to stand of the rooftop and point out another’s errors while thumping our Bibles and exalting ourselves for our “righteousness?”
So often I see comments on the internet, where Christians are arguing with people who have different religious or political beliefs, and I often believe if they were able to take a virtual bat to their heads, the “Righteous’ would indeed take a swing.
I am no better, with my countless dignified Bible-thumping moments. All that I accomplished was drawing a line, with me on one side gloating and the “offender” on the other side glowering.
We really have to be careful about what is in our hearts, what our motivation is. Are we reaching out to help a brother or sister, or parading our self-made sanctity?