1 Corinthians 13: 5
4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast;
it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on it's own way; it is not irritable or resentful.
Love is always considerate of others, even when [in our eyes] they don’t deserve it…
And — 1 Corinthians informs us how many of the people in
Corinth were overindulging and getting drunk on the Communion wine (1 Cor.
11:20-22).
And how some of the women were overstepping bounds and
usurping the role of men in the church (1 Cor. 11:3-16; 14:34-35).
And that both men and women were corrupting the worship
services by trying to outdo one another with their spiritual gifts (1 Cor.
14:26).
It appears that the Corinthians were justifying their rude
behavior — just as we often justify ours.
But rudeness betrays a lack of love and is always damaging to
effective ministry.
For example, I've seen Christians behave so rudely toward people
who smoke that they destroyed their own testimony by their rude behavior…
However, I want to tell you about the experience that the
young couple my husband married (just this past March in our church) had last
week…
The young man was at the grocery store (the only grocery
store in town I might add); Where three ladies decided to tell him that he is
going to hell because he has tattoos… … let me read what she wrote on her
Facebook page…
To the 3 older ladies that decided to jump my husband at the grocery store and tell him he's going to hell because he has tattoos,
I pray that your life's free of sin that you felt it was
your responsibility to judge someone and cast that stone.
You don't know the struggle that my husband has faced, the
fact that he's found comfort and believes in God… is a miracle within itself.
There are many Christians in this world with tattoos…
I'm sure these three judgmental women have never sinned. 😂
It's sad living in a small town where just about
everyone knows everyone…
[And] there's only one church that has not judged us…
We love our church, and our church family as they have never
judged us.
So, for all my Facebook friends that wish to come to a church
where you're excepted to worship and be part of a family, I'll see you at Sandy
Lake Alliance Church on Sunday…
Please know… that I am not writing this to lift up my
husband or our church…
But to emphasize how very important it is to LOVE, and never
act unbecomingly or rude…
We all have a story… we all have a past… perhaps if our sins
were tattooed on our body for all to see we would be kinder and more
considerate and loving to those we know not, at all…
God bless and I hope you enjoy our Birthday celebration...
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