Ok, picture this, a cute cuddly puppy with an injured paw. Not his dad, but his foot.
Your first emotion wouldn’t be to go over and stomp its brains out. You would feel compassion for it. You would want to help it if you could. We’ve all seen the commercials that use emotional manipulation to make you feel guilty and send money. Now picture a person you hate, look down on, or disgusts you.
If you are a Christian, you should feel the same feelings for these people that you feel for the puppy. It is easy to hate people. It is easy to feel superior to others. It is hard to be humble and serve people who would kill you. All of the lost people are slaves to their sin and are headed for hell. They are under the condemnation of sin. We have Christ as our Savior, not because of something about us, but because of Him. We know what it is to be at peace with God, yet we somehow think it alright to hate these people. Imagine that you are holding the nails in one hand and a hammer in the other. Imagine that you have just nailed Jesus to the cross of His crucifixion. Imagine that you killed Jesus with your sins. Now stop imagining it and realize the truth of it. How much more disgusting are we when we see ourselves as better than the lost in the world? We need to repent and ask God to humble us. We need to give grace to those who don’t even know they need it.
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