Sorry

I fell in love with his compassion, his love and amazing generosity. His name is Jesus (Yeshua)

John Lennon was noted to have said "I have no problem with Jesus. It's the people who claim to follow him that bug me!"

Unfortunately, Jesus gets looked upon by a few who don't represent Christendom at all. For some Christians, for many of them, it's easy to forget that they are just forgiven and not perfect.

Jesus didn't get along with the "religious" folk of "his day." He pointed out that they were like whitened sepulchres...all white and clean looking on the outside, but inside filled with rotting dead man's bones. Scripture (the Bible) tells us that our so called righteousness is like filthy rags (literally, menstrual cloths. There was nothing thought to be nastier in the ancient Hebrew world) Jesus especially criticized the Pharisees. Many Christians become like Pharisees at some point. Most grow out of it. These folks are characterized by the stereotypical self-righteousness and false piety. Stereotypes exist for a reason. Without people acting them out, they wouldn't exist.

I'd like to apologize for my brothers who act this way. See, some of them would deny my relationship with the Lord because they still believe, although Scripture doesn't support it, in a behavior-based salvation. Somewhere along the line, they forgot that eternal life is a gift. In fact, one has to earn their way into hell. "...the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord." (Romans 6:23)

See, I could be really hard on these brothers and sisters, but then, I'd be making the same mistake they are. They judge me now, but maybe they'll see the error of their ways. I am not an example of finished word, so neither should I expect them to be.

What I'm trying to say is don't judge Jesus by them and for GOD's sake, don't judge Him by me. Get to know Him for yourself and then I think you'll want to be more like Him. The neat thing is, He can do that for ya. For some of us, it takes a little longer than others. Thank God for His patience.