Whose side are you on anyway?

I was driving into the house of prayer this morning and this thought occurred to me.

Well, let me preface. I recently got into a "tiff" with a friend of mine, and well since this tiff we've had time to talk and I know she's completely okay with me sharing some hindsight. Okay, so I may or may not have made her mad... well fine, I said stupid stuff that was probably not as loving or compassionate as I should. But out of that came the response, "Oh and you're supposed to start a "Love Revolution"... ...yeah you're "perfect" for that... ha". Alright. That's where I end my thought.

My best friend. Responded like that to me. I know I've done the exact same thing before. Maybe I have never ever said it out loud, but I would've said it in my head... Wow. So then I was thinking... ...satan's name is accuser of the brethren... seems like what happened in the tiff sorta was accusing the brethren...

Do you realize that satan doesn't even HAVE to work? That we do his job for him. See he's the accuser, but we accuse. What the heck? I'm just being honest here. And I'm guilty too.. Ha. I'm accusing myself! So whose side are you on anyway?

You know what else, I head this and it was by far the most profound thing ever.
You know there's a story in the bible where Jesus is talking to the religious leaders of His day and they are cleaning their cups [because before meals or anything they had ritual cup cleaning things]. Anyway, Jesus doesn't do it. He skips it and He says to them, "You have a cup that's clean on the outside but on the inside is filthy", then He says they are like tombs on the outside appear beautiful but on the inside are full of dead man's bones. He's basically saying, "Okay you're spiritually dead and you don't even realize it." But here's the clincher. He talks about how they go out and create converts... ...but their converts are TWICE THE SONS OF HELL THAT THEY ARE... Jesus calls them SONS OF HELL. huh. It's like when we go out and try and convert people to obedience instead of relationship. We make a sparkling glass that is absolutely filthy on the inside.

It's like this. Rattlesnakes... the rattle isn't the killer right? So if we go cutting off the rattle it makes them even more dangerous then before. I believe in the same way when we make poor choices, those are just the rattle of a snake. I can make right decisions but still be poisonous. Still harbor sin in my heart. Sin that's more deadly then the disobedience.

It didn't say you love me because you first listened to what I said.
It says you love because I first loved you.
Then it says, if you love me then you'll obey my commands.

We try and bring people from obedience to love.
It's a works mentality, and I dare say that if Jesus were here today He'd be appalled that we're creating double the sons of hell. Me included. What a wake up call church.

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