SCRIPTURE
Romans 1:32
Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
COMMENT
I find a lot of truth in this verse. If you look at what people believe, there is a lot of diversity in belief systems. Yet something that is common in many of these systems is that there are those who also believe that everyone should believe like them. Its not enough for some to practice (insert sin here), but they want everyone else to practice it too. This is true for many Christians too. If we don't believe their brand of Christianity, we are wrong. I think back to a recent post, were a woman was visibly upset that someone was street preaching, because in her view, we just love and that should be enough. She even sought to get the crowd's opinion, as if that should determine what a Christian should and should not do. We want to be right, and the more people who think the way we do, the more we feel justified in our choices. Maybe that is why they say, "birds of a feather flock together."
Paul often swam against the current. He did not bow to the judaizers in Galatians, nor to those who allowed sin in the church at Corinth. Sometimes, the majority gets in wrong. Sometimes following the crowd is not a good thing.
Note: Do you know how are it was not to get political in this post, or talk about Prosperity Theology?
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