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Enough sex, drugs and alcohol. See how many followers I end up with when I post some JESUS.
Jefferson Bethke says:
A poem I wrote to highlight the difference between Jesus and false religion. In the scriptures Jesus received the most opposition from the most religious people of his day. At it’s core Jesus’ gospel and the good news of the Cross is in pure opposition to self-righteousness/self-justification. Religion is man centered, Jesus is God-centered. This poem highlights my journey to discover this truth. Religion either ends in pride or despair. Pride because you make a list and can do it and act better than everyone, or despair because you can’t do your own list of rules and feel “not good enough” for God. With Jesus though you have humble confident joy because He represents you, you don’t represent yourself and His sacrifice is perfect putting us in perfect standing with God the Father.
I myself was raised Catholic by loving and practicing parents but I got lost somewhere along the way with all the hypocrisy you witness in temple. Most Catholic churches have forgotten to be a Christian community, which is sad, and instead of being attractive to sinners they’ve just become houses of judgement. Luckily I found my way back, through beautiful people God keeps sending my way (non religious Christians), and my goal is, not to give my back to church, but to do my part in restoring the way we Catholics approach this wonderful life style called Christianity. This is not a paid infomercial, I’m actually speaking from the heart for once in this blog. Blessings to you all.
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