There is No Politically Correct Jesus

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When Christ Walked this Earth...
Jesus was loved and adored by throngs of folks who were looking and hoping for what He could do for them personally. He was gracious and kind and miraculously healed and fed many of them in spite of their lesser impure motives. Some of those folks carried it to the next level and changed their perspective into one focused on what they could do for Him. They changed their 'me attitude' into a 'He attitude'. They went on to become His followers. Most of the folks who benefited from Christ's goodness went on to only continue on the path they were originally on. In a sense they won the lottery but it didn't elevate them to what it could have. They missed the mark.

Many of these throngs of people who came to Him for healing later shouted "crucify Him". Far too many people who say they admire or 'like' Jesus actually don't. They only like the good and kind Jesus who meets their needs. They deny and condemn the Jesus who boldly proclaims He is the only way to God and to heaven. They shudder at and despise the Jesus who talked and taught about hell all the time! If He doesn't do or say what they like, they have no need for Him. People who are not Jesus' followers only like and approve of a fantasy substitute for Him... they ignore or deny the real Him.

When Jesus calls us to be His disciples, He doesn't promise wealth, prestige, great health, or lots of positive things to make life comfortable. In contrast, He promises we will have difficulties, persecution, and even the possibility of dying a martyr's death. He promises that in the same way people see the true Him, they will also see His true disciples. His true followers will be scorned in the same way as He is when they "take up their cross daily".

What Jesus requires in those who closely follow Him are obedience and servanthood to Him. We are His servants, He is not ours. Whenever Christianity gets this reversed and confused, we totally miss the mark and pervert the truth and beauty of Christ's mission as manifested through His gospel! We become a type of Christian that Jesus never spoke of. We become a fake type of Christian who agrees more with the non-christian view of Jesus than with the Jesus who sits at the right hand of God and will return administering judgment. Most people don't like that Jesus.

So, what Jesus are we to like and follow? We are to be attracted to the 'real thing', not some lesser watered-down, inoffensive, and approved by man substitute. There is no such Christ.

(Original art from 'But Jesus Paid it All' video)



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