The Grammy's 2014

Every time an award show airs, or a game or anything worth talking about is on, Twitter is the place to be. You can get valid information and invalid information, people’s commentary and people’s opinions. You can also get a play by play of what’s going on, along with a few jokes. Last night the Grammy’s aired, and Christian twitter was buzzing.

I personally don’t watch The Grammy’s, the BET awards or those things, because I don’t agree with a lot of it. For one, I don’t listen to the music, and I don’t support the artists, so whether they get an award is not something I’m concerned with. That’s not to say anything about those that do watch, or support the music or artists. We all have free will and that’s a choice everyone is able to make. Sadly most people forget that. (Yes most, we like to fit people into our little box called expectations, and if they don’t live up to it we have a problem. Things don’t work like that). Every time these shows come on you have some people that like to condemn and bash those that watch, and on the other side you have those that are defending why they are watching it. Both of it is pointless. You can’t go to hell for watching an award show, and nobody cares that you aren’t too “holy, that you’re no earthly good” to where you can watch it. If you feel convicted, don’t watch it. Personal relationship people, do things based on YOUR relationship with Christ.

Here’s where it starts getting good. All night these artists are singing songs that are contradictory to what the bible is saying, but nobody says anything. (everyone is cheering them on. “that’s my jam”, etc) The songs are promoting sex, just as their attire. They’re shaking things, but again nobody says anything. Now I heard some gay couples got married during the show. It wasn’t until then that people were “out raged” and saying “oh they’re disrespecting God” and so forth and so on. So they weren’t disrespecting God, by saying “I thank God, a little bit” or in their songs, and in their videos? Is one sin greater than the others?

James 2:10 says “For whosoever shall keep the whole, law and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.”

All sin is the same. They all require repentance! My question is, why do we only focus on certain sins. We don’t stand up against all sins, why is that? We stand up against the homosexuals and are quick to say “You are an abomination”. We are quick to look at the unwed woman with children and call her an adulterer, we see the murderer lock him up and give him the death penalty. But we don’t say anything to the drunkard, swindler, liar, or the idolatry, the lustful or the coveting. We see the lustful people IN THE CHURCH( you see them, eyes shifting like nobody’s business, and you can’t blame a person’s attire, a person with the spirit of lust will lust regardless of how people dress. Blaming other people, when a person has a lustful spirit, is just misplaced blame, and basically Okaying the lustful problem. It’s not okay!), but we don’t pull them aside and talk to them, warn the unruly says the bible. We have to remember, we fall short of the glory daily. We are in no position to be judging the lives of others. No it’s not our judgment, Yes its God’s, but we have to be careful in how we deliver this gospel.

You can’t preach “you’re going to hell if you do this or that”, and not give them a way out. You can’t preach hell, without mentioning heaven, and God’s mercy and his grace. You have to tell them about our savior, our friend, our Lord. You have to tell them how he can make them a new creature, wash away all their sins. There’s no way you can leave that out. The gospel is the good news, if all you’re talking about is how someone is going to hell, and not mentioning the cross, that is NOT good news. You don’t need to argue or debate the bible. The word defends itself and doesn’t require anything extra. The conviction it gives is enough and yours isn’t needed.

Also remember we can’t force anyone to believe or accept truth. God is for those that are seeking truth; you can’t expect those that are fine with deceit to accept truth. The best thing we can do (other than sharing the gospel) is praying for them. Your prayers will go a lot further than your arguing words will.

We have to get to a place in our relationship with Christ that we are sensitive to sin period (sin in general, not categorized). The closer you are to God the less tolerable you are to sin, but that also means the more susceptible you are to showing others grace. You’re able to show others grace and mercy, because you know that’s what God has been showing you.

God is love and if we are going to correct others, it has to be done in love.

Remain zealous, keep that fire going, but add a little love to your approach/presentation.

If you love someone tell them

I love you

Destaynee