Christianity is not for your own personal use as a coping
mechanism.
Now sure… since Christian
living is built around Jesus’ offer of a pure hope and peace (end to suffering,
life everlasting) then yes, there is in Christianity all you would need to “cope”
with this life. What I’m trying to say, though, is you can’t spend any serious
amount of consideration in what is Christian living as Jesus or Paul describe
and then decide: “Christianity = My personal coping mechanism.”
In the message linked to below I take Paul’s lead (one of
the first Church leaders) as he asks Christians to come alongside of others in
both encouragement and correction—emphasis on ALONGSIDE.
He describes people as
giving in to what their “itching ears want to hear.” I get it. Not everything
my ears might want to hear, not everything my eyes might want to see, and not everything
my heart might desire is actually good for me. Many things are, and many are not.
But, suggesting that the philosophy “if it feels good do it”
is not correct flows against our cultural waters. I unpack this as the Youtube begins…
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