Thursday, September 03, 2009

Christians can be the most self righteous, pretentious, judgmental people on the face of this planet. It's as if that becoming a Christian gives us the right to judge people, sneer when they err and screw up, forgetting that we ourselves are sinners to begin with.

I remember talking to this person once, and she said that since she became a Christian she no longer had sin. Now I guess in a sense, that's true. The Bible tells us that when we accept Jesus, our sins are forgiven. But there was something about the way the lady said that. It could be possible that it was due to the language barrier, or maybe the way Koreans talk, I don't know, but it seemed to me like there was a hint of pride in her tone, like since becoming a Christian, she became better than everyone else. Becoming a Christian doesn't mean you're perfect. In fact we're still the same people, only that we recognize that we need a savior, that we can't live our lives by our own strengths alone.

Arghh in the end I'm ranting. I shall end on this note though: We are saved by grace, and not by our deeds.

5 comments:

tInKy said...

I'd love you as my bible study group leader any day.

In fact, I wouldn't mind listening to you preach :P

Captain Flying Monkey said...

agree w sue-anne. amen.

magmachilli said...

I'm sure there are many bible studies in Melbourne you could join y'know. Like the one with Enoch or something?

Anonymous said...

amen to what sue anne said too!

magmachilli said...

I'm a sucky study co-leader lar. And I don't preach...