June 24th - Evening | CONVICTION OR PREFERENCE

1 Corinthians 9:22
When I am with those who are oppressed, I share their oppression so that I might bring them to Christ. Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone so that I might bring them to Christ.

Mahatma Gandhi said, “I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” I heard that he also said, “I should have been a Christian if not for the Christians.” Oftentimes, the hindrance to Christianity is the Christians themselves. We set up standards making it difficult for people to know of and believe in Jesus Christ. We scare the people with personal preferences in music, musical instruments and the manner of worship in the church among others. The very people we want to reach out to end up being excluded and sometimes scared to come to the feet of Christ. We need to stand with conviction in upholding the Truth and lessen our preferences for the salvation of the lost. After all, the common ground is bringing the unsaved to Christ.