Not To Condemn

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 3:17

Have you ever met someone who was totally turned off to church, God, religion, spiritual things because all or most of the Christians they'd met were so condemning? If you haven't...well, you haven't met many people. We, as Christians, need to remember what the entire purpose of our namesake is: salvation. There are so many so-called Christians adopting a ministry of condemnation that it's amazing anyone wants anything to do with our churches. Consider this: in His earthly ministry, Jesus reserved His condemnation for the religious crowd...and their condemning, condescending ways. Folks, the world doesn't need us to condemn--that they already have. What the world needs--what Jesus came and died to bring--is hope. That is our message. Christ's message is the Gospel--the GOOD news. Maybe we could become a force for good in this world if we remembered that.