Chapter 8 - Weird

Good News: Jesus called us His friends. 

Bad News: The world will hate us.

(John 15:18ff)

This was the basis for the sermon at church today. Everything that was said made so much sense to me. Christians have a different authority and loyalty than other people - God and His Word. Christians base their morality on the Bible, not on what the world says is right and wrong. 

Christians are weird. 

Those of us who follow Jesus can sometimes wonder why others don't like us, or why they don't "get" us. We have a different authority, loyalty, and morality...

How could they "get" us? 

We are weird. We are different. 

I have to be honest and say that I sometimes put what I believe on the back burner when I am working with people who believe differently than I do. I easily adapt to the situation and I don't say things that will rock the boat. 

I keep quite about my weirdness so they will like me.

Jesus says that the world hating me is to be expected. 

 The "who" that I am is a "Weird Christian". 

I am not going to hold back any longer. I am not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ. This world is not my home.

I should expect to hated, so why should I try so hard to be liked?

This is a concept that I shall continue to develop... To be continued...