3 But
neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
Galatians 2:3King James Version (KJV)
It is distracting when people focus on other things than the
Gospel of #JESUS, including me!
People tend to focus and make other people (especially other
Christians) feel bad or feel like they are not Christians when they don't do
things like the supposed Christians do!
For instance, some Christians are looked down on when they
don't speak in tongues, fast, or wear certain clothes and many more. These
things are important, but not an occasion for certain Christians to be placing
#Judgement on others.
When you travel around, you realize cultures are different. What's
important to one culture is different from what's important to other cultures.
Mission trips, which is more like evangelism, is really of
utmost importance to Christians in the western culture. While to Christians in
Africa, praise, worship, binding, casting, and speaking in tongues are held in
high regard. If these two Christians meet, there will be differences. However,
people should not judge but learn from each other!
We are all different and our cultures are different. Therefore,
as we live our daily lives, what seems okay to someone might be a sin to
another. Nevertheless, there are some things in some cultures that need to be
abolished especially when someone becomes a Christian; worship or practices
related to other gods should be excluded from one's life.
7 Beloved,
let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born
of God, and knoweth God.
8 He
that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9 In
this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only
begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10 Herein
is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be
the propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:7-10King James Version (KJV)
GOD, give us the Grace to preach the gospel across different
cultures and help us build each other up, than pull each other down!
“Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth
all sins.”
Proverbs 10:12
