What would Jesus be most distraught about?

[TexasTiger 13,556]

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[aubiefifty 17,492]

i have done that a few times in my life and i always felt like crap afterword. i am working on it and have gotten a lot better at not doing it.

[aubiefifty 17,492]

[metafour 4,973]

Did this guy just reference Dwight Schrute LMAO?

[Grumps 3,706]

2 hours ago, aubiefifty said:

I have serious questions about any professing Christian who doesn't see a LOT of truth in the above quote. (Though some of it is garbage). Obvious to any Christian is that Jesus has not changed at all. I can understand why non-Christians would want to monopolize on who they think that Jesus is, but I don't see how any professing Christian can believe that using God's name as an expletive and chanting mean things about people is in ANY way consistent with Christian values. I am embarrassed and heartbroken that so many professing Christians seem to be so off course.

[aubiefifty 17,492]

1 hour ago, Grumps said:

I have serious questions about any professing Christian who doesn't see a LOT of truth in the above quote. (Though some of it is garbage). Obvious to any Christian is that Jesus has not changed at all. I can understand why non-Christians would want to monopolize on who they think that Jesus is, but I don't see how any professing Christian can believe that using God's name as an expletive and chanting mean things about people is in ANY way consistent with Christian values. I am embarrassed and heartbroken that so many professing Christians seem to be so off course.

today a wife of a friend posted a couple of quick words for people to pray for trump. honestly? i rolled my eyes and thought hell no. but then i realized i was trying to be a better follower of jesus these days. so i prayed for trump. sure did. and it was a great reminder that we should all strive to be better people. love is praying for people that are hard to love. and sometimes that is a huge challenge. you are heartbroken because you get it and strive to do it the right way. i see pretenders and fakes and i get mad and want to know why other christians are not calling these folks out. but you just taught me that when folks are heartbroken that is hard to do. i did not understand that before. thanks for the teaching moment. and i appreciate your honesty.

[gr82be 14,643]

30 minutes ago, aubiefifty said:

today a wife of a friend posted a couple of quick words for people to pray for trump. honestly? i rolled my eyes and thought hell no. but then i realized i was trying to be a better follower of jesus these days. so i prayed for trump. sure did. and it was a great reminder that we should all strive to be better people. love is praying for people that are hard to love. and sometimes that is a huge challenge. you are heartbroken because you get it and strive to do it the right way. i see pretenders and fakes and i get mad and want to know why other christians are not calling these folks out. but you just taught me that when folks are heartbroken that is hard to do. i did not understand that before. thanks for the teaching moment. and i appreciate your honesty.

Really proud of you fifty. 

[aubiefifty 17,492]

1 minute ago, gr82be said:

Really proud of you fifty. 

i got a long way to go. a long way. but thanks. i hope one day we all realize love will always be the higher law. bono says that and i am a believer in it.......just with a few lapses.

[bigbird 60,701]

What would Jesus be most distraught about?

The lack of relationships he has with those that claim his name.

[johnnyAU 3,722]

Jesus reportedly tried to exercise his free speech recently, but was immediately shouted down, censored, and  banned from Google, Twitter and Youtube respectively.

I can neither confirm not deny these allegations.

[japantiger 4,077]

It's generally bad form to try to put words in His mouth.  But, since we're being invited to play omnipotent being for a minute... I think He'd be most upset that someone would use His name/ministry/kingdom/greatness in the pursuit of cheap political talking points on a message board.  I think, maybe,  also that He would be upset that someone would invoke the great apostle Rainn Wilson as being an authority on how the Lord feels about all of our sin.  I think He might also make the observation that the only time a leftists invokes His name is in a hypocritical effort to disparage a Republican; again, for said political gain; not out of a sense of caring for their soul.    

But hey, like I said, generally bad form to assume I can interpret His thoughts.  I just usually leave it the way I was taught it... "God is a spirit; infinite, eternal, unchangeable in his being.  Wisdom, Power, Holiness, Justice, Goodness, Truth".  He is Righteous and Pure.  He never does wrong; and is absolutely without flaw. He acts, judges, decides and forgives; thank Him.  And, fortunately, he is boundless love and patience.  Unfortunately, he is disappointed in me daily; given that I am rarely any of the things He is.  I try to keep my condemnation of others focused on politics and out of the spiritual realm.  We get a lot of lightening out here and it's just too great a risk.