There is a guy out there.
Every husband and every wife has run across him.
He is a composite of the best features of dozens of other men.
He has Brad Pitt’s smile.
He washes the car like Julie’s husband.
He is a great listener like Pam’s husband.
He bought a vacation home in Florida like Jean’s husband.
He never disappears into his office or the shop for hours.
He never hogs the remote.
He always puts the lid down.
You get the picture.
This composite “super husband” is what we mere mortal husbands are compared to every day……….and we come up short…….every day.
But marriage therapy is not what this post is about. You are going to have to sort that out for yourselves.
What this post is about………is expectations.
What do you expect of the Christians around you?
And more important……what do you expect of God?
I believe that unrealistic expectations have driven millions of people away from Christianity. I believe that unrealistic expectations will result in more people missing out on paradise than anything else…….with the exception of Darwinian Evolution.
What are these expectations?
Christians never get mad.
Christians never lie.
Christians are never judgemental.
Christians never act like they are better than you.
In a word………Christians are kind gentle Mr. Rogers types.
God would never allow anything bad to happen to me.
God’s answer to every prayer is “yes”.
God never gets angry.
God never gets sad.
God’s justice is flexible…….just like mine.
God’s mercy is unconditional.
God will find a place for me in paradise because “I’m a good person”.
Christians will rarely meet these expectations……and neither will God.
So what happens when Christians don’t live up to someone’s expectations?………or worse……when God doesn’t meet someone’s expectations?
The line that I hear often is, “I can’t accept a church……or a God…..that would _(fail to meet my expectations).”
The result is that people reject Christianity……. people reject God…….. because they have unrealistic expectations.
Here is the truth.
Christians are not fundamentally “better” than everybody else…..they are not fundamentally different from everybody else……. they are just forgiven. That’s all.
God does allow bad things to happen…..to you and to me……..and I can’t tell you why.
God sometimes answers prayers with “no”.
God gets angry…….and he gets sad. He is more like us than we realize.
God’s justice is absolutely inflexible.
God’s mercy is endless…….but it is not unconditional. There is a universal “get out of jail free” card…….but there is a price and that price is the critical point.
The price for God’s mercy is accepting and following Jesus.
Jesus voluntarily suffered an excruciating death to purchase God’s mercy………his forgiveness……….for you.
You cannot possibly expect to ignore that reality…….to ignore that sacrifice……….and then to avail yourself of his mercy.
Or you could just deny it……..say it’s all a big outdated myth.
Ignore it……deny it……..from God’s side it’s all the same.
The problem is that you could find yourself face to face with God………asking for a little slice of mercy……….and hear him say……..”but I don’t know you”.
You cannot earn a place in paradise.
But you can earn God’s mercy.
It’s easier than you could imagine.
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life………Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
Jesus, NIV
Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him. “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.
Jesus, NIV
“Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.
Jesus, NIV
2 Comments
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It seems too commplex and very brod forr me. I’m loolking forward foor your next post,
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