The response is that Christianity is not primarily about us and how we live, but about Jesus and who he is and how he lived and died and rose again. True Christians never claim to be perfect, not even close, “If we say we have no sin we deceive ourselves.” Those who do claim that they are better than others have departed from Christianity, which is rather about how sinful people can be forgiven of their sin and made right with God through faith in Christ. Seeing a Christian fall into sin is not an excuse to call “hypocrite,” since we make no claims to a moral perfection, our claim, rather, is upon the grace of God.
I’ll have to deal with just one; “Christians are hypocrites, telling others to live a certain way while they themselves do not;” a stereotype fueled by the shameful, public sin of some prominent Christians.
The response is that Christianity is not primarily about us and how we live, but about Jesus and who he is and how he lived and died and rose again. True Christians never claim to be perfect, not even close, “If we say we have no sin we deceive ourselves.” Those who do claim that they are better than others have departed from Christianity, which is rather about how sinful people can be forgiven of their sin and made right with God through faith in Christ. Seeing a Christian fall into sin is not an excuse to call “hypocrite,” since we make no claims to a moral perfection, our claim, rather, is upon the grace of God. Comments are closed.
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