Preaching the Speck
Those far from God use Christian hypocrisy as the main reason they don't follow Jesus. Preach so the church will be oddly beautiful to those far from God.
You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye.
Luke 6:42
Lead your church to not be hypocrites.
The biggest reason those far from God remain far from God is because of what Jesus speaks about in his sermon. The sermon about what a life looks like when someone Hears & Follows him.
Now, people far from God think we’re judging when we say people sin. There’s nothing you can do about that.
However, if you preach only about how horrible people are and never about grace, forgiveness and hope, that’s not the Gospel.
That is judgement.
When church leaders point fingers outside the church about how bad people are, and the community knows how bad the people inside the church are…
That’s judgement.
There are people who want to know what to do about the uncertainty deep down inside that they cannot put their finger on.
They want to know about what is destroying them.
But they want to know the remedy.
They want to see what a life looks like fully surrendered to Jesus. At first they won’t understand it, but they want to see it. Their soul longs for it.
Preach so your church repents from religion. Repents from pointing fingers outside the church while turning a blind eye inside the church.
And lives a life that is oddly beautiful to those who long for in their life.