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Jesus Is Better

In a post called, “I Don’t Wait Anymore,” the writer explains,

When I was 16, I got a purity ring.

And when I was 25, I took it off. …

…It shows that while marriage is good, He is the greater goal.

Another author asks the question, “For or Against?”

The more I think about this, the more I would rather be accused of being soft on sin in favor of lifting up Jesus and offering blessings and service in his name, than to be known for all the sins I’m against. God knows I have enough of my own sins without being preoccupied with the sins of others.

Another author wrote in “I Am Not The Christ,”

I left because I didn’t find Jesus there, or more precisely because in order to know Christ more, I had to leave. That is not to say that Christ is not to be found there. …

… Fundamentalism became less and less about Jesus, and more and more about Fundamentalism. …

… There may come a time when the people whom we have pointed to Christ may need to leave us in their pursuit of Christ. And if we have done anything to hinder them, anything to equate their loyalty to Christ with loyalty to us, then we have done great damage. If anyone wants to know why I left the Fundamentalist movement, this is why. I was following hard after Christ. And I pray that I will always be willing to let others follow Christ, even if it is away from me. However much God uses us, we can never think that our ministry is the best suited to reach everyone. God is too big, and people are too diverse. We need there to be witnesses unlike ourselves. We need people to abandon us if that is what it takes for them to know Christ.

How willing are you to let people walk away from your ministry to follow Jesus?

Do you see a theme?

Jesus is better than our movement. Jesus is better than sin. Jesus is better than our desires. Jesus is better than our friends. Jesus is better than life itself.

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