Why do we believers so often do the opposite of what Jesus tells us?
- Jesus told His disciples to go; we ask people to come (Matt. 28:19-20).
- Jesus instructed His disciples to make disciples of all nations; we ask people for decisions.
- Jesus said he will build His church; we try to do it for Him (Matt. 16:18).
- Jesus told his disciples to teach people to obey His commands; we teach them all about His commands (John 14:15).
- Jesus told His disciples to go out as lambs among wolves; we go out in fleshly strength.
- Jesus told his disciples to be hospitable, yet we Christians are often known for our hypocrisy and judgmentalism (Rom. 12:13).
- Jesus was known as a friend of sinners; we are scared of being contaminated by them (Lk. 7:34).
Jesus loves His children in spite of those sins. We are all a work in progress, pressing into the Kingdom as we travel the rocky road of sanctification as we sometimes stumble and fall along the way. May God use us to pick one another up when that happens by encouraging one another, bearing one another's burdens, and loving one another as Jesus loves us so that we all may press into the Kingdom with joy and delight as we fix our eyes on Him.
