Now, now, now! Calm down. We need to love these messed up Christians.
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We will "Mess up" until the old ticker stops ticking. Even those who thought they were righteous; no adultery, paid tithes, prayed, observing the Sabbath and following the Law were called Vipers.
Oh, and let's not forget the Church in Corinth. A little incest along with the gifts.
And Peter, our good friend who had a small slip of the tongue.
Poor old Thomas, that doubter.
Of course we cannot forget Paul; held the coat of man while he was slaughtered by the Religious Right.
I must say, I was under many impressions as a young Christian. One was, the Church is a place where failure is under control. Boy, was I wrong.
Bro Mullings (District Superintendent of California/Nevada) told me once; People are pathetic. He didn't mean it in a bad way, only in the sense of acknowledging the truth.
I think our demise in this area is that we expect too much out of people, failing in the area of mercy. We carry around our bag of rocks, waiting to pounce on those who stumble.
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