Good morning, Pastor John,
I wanted to tell you about an experience I had last night. I was tired from a busy weekend, so last night I thought I would sit down and watch a movie. It was one of those “clean, Christian” movies. It was about a new youth pastor working to get a group of teenagers interested in the bible and in Jesus. As I watched it, there were some very sweet moments, some good things being said. But at the end of the movie someone died and the ending message was something like: read Romans, accept Jesus, and you’ll be home with him forever. I turned the TV off, and I had this anger and disgust bubble up. I said, “Jesus, I hate Christianity! It is a lie. Any small bit of goodness is snatched up and devoured.” I don’t think I’ve ever felt a hate for Christianity like I did last night. I went to bed talking to Jesus about it and praying for the honest souls that are in it. I fell asleep with the thought, “Jesus, get your people out of it! I pray for its destruction.” I woke up this morning singing Gary’s song “The Straw Man”.
I felt like something else in my heart was cleaned out. The wrong thought, that there is such a thing as a “clean Christian” movie was fixed. There is nothing clean about Christianity, no matter what form it takes.
Michelle
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Thank you for this, Michelle. Jesus is showing you his heart, and the Father’s.
Pastor John