Jollyblogger nails it:
We say that Christians are different, and we are, and one of the main ways we are different from the world is that we don’t take offense at offensive behavior or treatment. We are the people who love our enemies, who bless when cursed, who pray for our persecutors. We follow the one who only wanted forgiveness to be shown to those who crucified Him.
May this be the mark of the church. Amen.
[Hat Tip: Transforming Sermons]
Statements like this make me squirm. They make me squirm because I know that I should be “different”. But, I’m not. I want to be. But, I’m not. “For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.“