Get A Grip Church - You're NOT That Good!

     This morning on the radio I heard a man who said this, in what I can only assume was just a crappy effort at evangelism, as I know this person has a heart for lost people; "I don't want you to get to the end of your life and have Jesus say to you 'Why didn't you listen' ".

       As I listened to this tripe I realized a fundamental problem in how many people do what they call evangelism today - This statement and this mindset are poisonous CRAP! - Jesus will never ask why they didn't listen as He already knows why and knows that much of it is because His people do a terrible job of reflecting His love and grace to a dying world, as most of those who even think about making evangelism a part of their daily lives are way too concerned with staying away from anything that might stain them or positioning themselves to feel morally superior to those that struggle. These prideful people reach out like THEY are the example (instead of pointing to Jesus) and act as if they are more than simply, as my friend Steve Brown puts it, one beggar telling other beggars where they found bread.
       Listen, family - the Bible is clear - There is NONE GOOD - NO NOT ONE. The sooner we realize that applies to all of us, no matter how long we have been following Jesus, and understand that we ALL need forgiveness every day, and begin to share His love like people who actually realize how desperately we, ourselves need it, the sooner the world will see His passion for them through us. Romans 3:23 is not only for the lost. It is for EVERY HUMAN - EVERYWHERE - EVERY DAY!       
       Grow up in your faith and move away from the milk. The meat of the Gospel is not that you can only be good enough by working hard enough to follow Christ - the meat of the Gospel is that you can NEVER be good enough in this fallen world and will only be like Jesus when you see Him face to face no matter how hard you work at it - but love them the best you can anyway.
       It is a MUCH harder pill for most of us in Western culture to swallow, that we can never be good enough apart from His grace washing our sins away daily, than it is for us to believe it's just going to take a lot of hard work to get there.
       Grow up, Church. You're not good enough - but He is - and will always be. But it's OK because THAT is the Gospel of Jesus and is really the heart of the good news He sent us to share!