PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, EVANGELIST-DAILY THOUGHT: SELF-RIGHTEOUS CHRISTIANS AND SILENT JUDGEMENT

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS DAILY DEVOTIONS: SILENT JUDGEMENT 

Pastor John Collins (February, 2018) ~ “The first thing that a true Christian needs to be able to do is to look within themselves and see all of the ugly that they are carrying around and to look to the King of Kings so that they can clean it up and become followers of Jesus.” 

Have you ever seen or heard someone standing on a corner, “thumping a Bible”, or on a ladder speaking through a megaphone repeating the same thing that’s been said week after week to any who pass by that the “end is near” or “repent and be saved” because you are a sinner and haven’t received salvation?  Have you ever been rejected by a church because you were deemed unable to measure up and asked to not return?  Have you ever been told you need to be baptized by “our” church or your salvation just isn’t assured? How about the requests to support missions in other poor countries who don’t have piped water or need a goat or cow to survive while ignoring the struggling soup kitchen that exists around a corner?  What the pastor who preaches the same thing Sunday after Sunday condemning “those” people, whoever “those” people are?  Jesus taught tolerance.  The truth is, we all fall short of the cross, every single one of us.

Pastor John Collins, evangelist and head pastor of Love That Cross Ministries, pegs it again in his post about self-righteous Christians and silent judgement.  Jesus taught tolerance and He taught that you need to fix yourself before you can help others.  Pastor John Collins reminds us that we need to look at ourselves first, and allow God to provide healing and salvation to all of us. Pastor John Collins has been bringing the truth of the Gospel through revival and speaking engagements, interviews and radio broadcasts for many years, and the message is the same:  there is hope, God wants us all to have a chance at salvation, and there is a lot that needs to be fixed among us before we can find the peace that Jesus Christ offers.

We need to clean up our acts, writes Pastor John Collins.  Churches, the congregations and leadership, need to take a step back and evaluate the message that they are giving to those who walk through their doors, or the message that is taken to other countries. Christians look at others, see faults, but tend to not see the same faults in themselves.  The smug satisfaction gained from helping others is done for appearances rather than because it is the right thing to do.  “Others” who are not Christian are not so different from those who call themselves Christian.  The acts of sin are the same, and judging others is a fault that will do nothing but bring the same back upon the individual or the church that is doing the judgement. One cannot fix others until you have fixed yourself first.

Pastor John Collins writes:

“And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.  Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.’ Amen.” Matthew 28:18-20 (NKJV).

There are many Christians who feel compelled to go out into the world and bring the salvation of Jesus to the ‘lost’. There are many ‘Christians’ who sit in silent judgement with condemnation in their hearts for those who are not Christian. There are many churches who preach that their church is the only way to heaven. There are many who need to stop and look in the mirror before they condemn those that have yet to come to the foot of the cross of Jesus Christ.

There are a bunch of self-righteous people in this world and many of them call themselves Christians. The first thing that a true Christian needs to be able to do is to look within themselves and see all of the ugly that they are carrying around and to look to the King of Kings so that they can clean it up and become followers of Jesus.

Just because someone is not a Christian today does not mean that they will not seek salvation prior to their death. Don’t go rushing off to another country in order to save those of another religion because you think that you are meant to do so. Make sure that your own salvation is sure and make sure that your own life is lit up as a beacon to those you encounter before you go thinking that you hold the key to another’s salvation. God is more than capable of bringing the truth into a person’s life so that they can make the choice of whether to believe in His Son or not. God is more than willing to offer salvation and healing to this world and will provide revelation to His people in His own time.

There have been too many churches and too many people that have abused the calling of Jesus in order to condemn others, in order to control others and in order to gain power and prestige. Keep things simple in your life and be committed to getting right with God yourself and living a life that shines for Jesus and don’t allow your heart to be filled with condemnation for others nor filled with your own superiority and imagined righteousness.

“Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” Matthew 24:44 (NKJV).

LOVE THAT CROSS, PASTOR JOHN, BELIEVE THAT

Pastor John Collins has been spreading the message of revival for more than ten years.  Recordings, videos, blogs and other available media can be seen by clicking on the links found within this post.