Bible 2.0® is a concept designed to meet the needs of the most upstanding leaders of the church in America, including - but by no means limited to - Jerry Prevo, Ted Haggard, Mark Driscoll, Benny Hinn, T.D. Jakes, Terry Jones, Fred Phelps, Eddie Long, and many others.
Bible 2.0® removes all of the Law and the punishments commanded therein, except that which applies to homosexuals (thankfully, hiring a male prostitute doesn't qualify one as homosexual), rock musicians, Democrats, and all others whose sin is so different, so reprehensible, so much worse that they cannot possibly be of any good or any hope. By removing all condemnation for idolaters, the unfaithful, and the money changers; more resources will be freed to stone gays and Democrats.
Bible 2.0® will also remove Jesus' teachings on removing the log in your own eye prior to looking at the speck in your brother's eye. It is much more important that we cast out our brothers and turn them away from Christ - sometimes forever - than that we take the time to inspect our own faults.
Finally, Bible 2.0® will remove all reference to turning the other cheek, the golden rule, paying taxes to Caesar, and most of all, it will remove the entirety of Colossians 3 and Galatians 3. Our world depends on differences between races, social classes, and genders. Who is this Jesus guy to think He can declare:
"So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." - Galatians 3:26-28 (TNIV)? Oh, yeah, that's right, He is Indescribable. He the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, Yahweh, Jehovah, the Great I Am, the Holy One of Israel, El Shaddai, the Lamb of God, Adonai, the Alpha and the Omega, Father God. That is, our heavenly daddy. And guess what? We better listen to Him!
We don't need Bible 2.0®. We need a church willing to follow the original, the real deal! Now, I'm not saying I condone sin. Of course I don't. I'm saying the church is meant as a hospital for sinners and God hates all sin equally. I'm saying that a bi friend of mine decided to check out the whole church thing - and liked it. Until they found out she was bi. The hate and condemnation she experienced was just horrible. She needs Jesus. Everything else works itself out then! We were called by Christ to love the sinners. Jesus hung out with prostitutes and tax collectors. I truly believe that if Jesus was on earth today, He would probably show up in gay bars. Seriously.
But no, Christians in America today are too busy hating the sinners, and loving their own sins. They're too busy opposing Park 51 (a Muslim community center in New York better known as the "Ground Zero Mosque" despite being neither at ground zero, nor primarily a mosque) and gay marriage. And forgetting that without freedom, sweet freedom, we ourselves would be being persecuted. Look at countries without religious freedom and how the Church is treated there. Is that what you want for America? At least, on the good side, they DO tend to appreciate what they have a lot more... the persecuted Church is the Church fully reliant on Christ. Is that really where we need to get before we wake up and focus on the Gospel?
I'm sure I've made some people angry with this post. I'm okay with that. Jesus made plenty of people angry too.
Check out this cool video I found on YouTube for Todd Agnew's song "My Jesus":
1 comments:
Amazing Mark! Way to go - I support your words, it's sad people push away those that need the Lord! I love this video :)
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