You know, I'm kinda tired of hearing that "Christians are the biggest hypocrites out there, and that's why more people don't come to Jesus".
I'm not saying there's not some truth there, but do you know what's really going on here?
For one - In order to be a hypocrite, you have to be held to some kind of higher standard outside of yourself. Christians are held to God's standards, to biblical standards. Therefore, when they violate one of those standards or act in a "lesser" way, they get accused of being hypocrites - of saying one thing while acting a different way.
However, those of the world do not hold themselves to a higher standard that originates from outside of themselves. They get to make up their own standards and values and boundaries as they want to.
It's no wonder then that they are seldomly labelled as hypocrites. Not when they get to make the rules for themselves.
They don't hold themselves to objective, God-given standards and boundaries; therefore, they don't see themselves (or other wordly people) as breaking those standards and boundaries. And if there is no objective boundaries to break or rules to violate, then there is no risk of being called a hypocrite.
(But even if they won't admit they break God's rules, God knows they do. And they will be held accountable for it someday.)
And two -. Hypocritical Christians are not the reason most people don't come to Jesus. The reason most people don't come to Jesus is because they don't want to come to Jesus. And "Christians are hypocrites" is a popular, convenient, logical-sounding excuse for refusing to believe in God, in Jesus.
But make no mistake ... It's an excuse that will not hold up when you stand before God and give a reason for why you rejected Him.
I'm just sayin'.
So how about instead of making excuses and rejecting Jesus because of "hypocritical Christians," why don't you get deep into the Bible and see for yourself who Jesus is and how we should be living?
When your eternal soul is at stake, it's worth the little bit of time and effort it takes to read the Bible once.
(At the very least, maybe then you'll begin to understand that people don't cease to be human when they become Christians. It's just that they have to struggle to keep the human side in line with the faith side. And it's not always an easy battle.)
