Jerks for Jesus
To Jerks for Jesus from a recovering Jerk for Jesus.
You know who you are.
You poke at others with your nit-picky stick of religion.
You sit in castles of exegesis and rarely mingle among the villagers.
You are a jerk for Jesus.
You dissect every word of the preacher and every fault of the people.
You argue the finer points of theology with a knowing grin on your face.
You proclaim your criticisms in the public square about people you don’t even know.
You are a jerk for Jesus.
You believe you’re to watch for the missteps of others.
You talk of your own sin in the past tense.
You are a soldier of destruction, not an engineer of edification.
You are a jerk for Jesus.
You are a coward who hides behind keyboards, big words, and hearsay.
You attack your neighbor when Jesus says to love them.
You smell like ungrace.
You are a jerk for Jesus.
Despite that, you are loved and forgiven.
God’s grace is bigger than your snobbish self-righteousness.
Exchange your big finger for a big heart.
And ask someone for a hug.
Because I think you could really use one.
First of all let me say I am guilty of this in chief!
During a discussion in Sunday school last week we decided that a definition of a hypocrite is “a person who only knows enough about what they believe to point it out when someone offends in a small insignificant point of their belief!”
Hi, my name is Shawn… (Hi, Shawn) I’m a recovering JFJ…