A gospel cheap
I think this message will not be one of the most popular and is likely to be criticized, in addition to branded as inadequate, but we need to talk honestly.
I'm tired of seeing as today there are many people trying to "sell" the gospel and I do not mean as it was formerly a Catholic with indulgences, but I mean a marketing that is done in order to attract people to "try to Christ."
Yesterday we were all attracted by the news of the earthquake and tsunami happened in Japan in which are estimated to be over a thousand dead, a sad situation, which we can not show indifference only.
As expected soon arise in the words of solidarity with the Japanese, props, jokes, etc.. and the "Christian church" is not left behind, looking to exploit the situation as a marketing opportunity for the gospel.
One of the earliest statements I had the opportunity to read on twitter by a Christian leader was that "God is punishing Japan for a life without giving", to be honest it angered me, because in my mind and my theology does not fit the idea of \u200b\u200bthis, God does not punish people to come to him, God brings people together because he loves.
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Many opportunists have used the pain and fear of people to present Christ as the solution to their problems and know that it is very effective in numbers, because when people are facing a situation of fear are capases trying any option they propose an apparent solution to what they are experiencing. But this has little real, because people take a decision for his situation rather than an understanding of their need for a relationship with God.
spiritual terrorism is real think we have a God so bad that you need to instill fear so that people come to him.
seems that this tendency to scare people "Get closer to Christ" is nothing new, but it is a method that religion consistently used throughout history.
This is not the only situation in which use this kind of gospel cheap, but we do in hospitals offering Christ as the solution for them to be healthy, we do that by offering prisons get through this freedom, or we just when we think it is a good opportunity to preach at some date because people are more sensitive to receive a word, as in Christmas.
I do not misunderstand me, I certainly clear that Christ all our diseases, has given us true freedom and that the slope of each of our needs, but it is foolish to think that people will be closer to God because we offer all these benefits.
The Christian life is not about getting a credit card in which to examine what benefits we get, the Christian life is the creator of the universe, despite our faults and our mistakes, we accept to transform the image of Christ.
There's a song I remember hearing in my time as a teenager and personally I liked a lot, but today I account and offers Christ as if it were a grocery product which does not work if you can demand your money back:
Try Christ, Christ Try, Try to Christ is the only
Try alternative
Christ, Christ Try, Try Christ,
The best medicine
Try Christ, Christ Try, Try Christ,
The answer to your living Test
Christ, Christ Test , Try Christ
IF YOU DO NOT WORK WE WILL REFUND YOUR SIN
God is not testing to see if you like or you work on your need and if you return to your life previous test is not God, but to experience it, this is the true gospel that Jesus Christ came to earth to die for the man that we could have this communion with him, no longer depending on our good works, but His great love.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. John 3:16-17