Wednesday, April 16, 2014

by definition

Love lifts up
   Hatred tears down
       Apathy and Complacency do nothing.
            For what will you be remembered?

Agape Love is the active commitment on behalf of the other (see Luke 10:25-37).
The opposite of loving, as I learned from Leo Buscaglia, among others, is NOT hatred,
   but Apathy... the lack of caring...
   Complacency (self-satisfaction to the point of a lack of concern for others) is close...

Not caring is NOT following Jesus...
Caring is following Jesus.

Those who CLAIM to follow Jesus, and who
   do not care if someone makes enough to live on for their work
   do not care if others have affordable healthcare
   do not care if others are denied their right to vote for ANY reason
   do not care that women make less than men for the same job, with the same experience
   do not care that people who love each other are discriminated against
   do not care that the corruption of this plutocracy will hurt many who love democracy
   do not care that families are being split up, though living here should not be a crime
   do not care that our brown and black young men are being
           locked up at alarming rates FOR PROFIT
   do not care that more guns are on the street which WILL MEAN more innocent deaths
   do not care that new laws are proving to make it "open season" on people of color
   do not care that the poor have more taken away, so that the wealthy can have more
   do not care that the middle class dreams are being scrapped for those same rich to have more
   do not care that those same wealthy can now legally BUY government and own it
   do not care that this election may decide many of these important issues for our future
   do not care what cost their ruthless greed and lust for power and position will cost their souls...
           just do not care.

If that describes you, you can CLAIM anything you want, but you are NOT following Jesus!
The Agape Love Jesus COMMANDED (Matthew 22:34-40), does not ALLOW you to be Apathetic or Complacent AND be one of His followers... believe what you want, but you start smelling like a GOAT instead of one of His lambs about now (Matthew 25:31-46).
By definition, you are NOT going with Jesus on this.

Pastor Jamie

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