No Gray Areas

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This is a topic that I have already written on in an old blog that I had years ago. Despite the passing of time, I believe that the Biblical principles I've written before are still applicable until now.

I am not a Bible Scholar. I am not a perfect Christian either (there's no such person). In fact, one of my favorite verses is I Timothy 1:15 which says that "...Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost."

I had an enlightening realization on the so-called “gray areas in Christianity”. There are no such things. I am reminded of a sermon on III John that I heard in church years ago. Verse 11 stuck to my mind. It says, “Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God." Notice that the comparison is only between two things: white and black - good and evil. There is no mention of a gray area. A gray area is understood as a situation which is sort of correct and sort of wrong and a person's decision depends upon the situation. This might be a difficult truth to swallow since humans are used to "gray areas". Even the moral standards of society have gray areas. Man is used to the answer "it depends..." whenever a moral question is asked. Not so with Christianity. Christianity's standards are all written in the Bible and there is no room for excuses.

You (the reader) might be thinking that it's just easy for me to say these things because I've never experienced being in a "gray area". I'm 34 years old (as of the writing of this blog), and I have several “gray area” experiences. In fact, one of the gray areas I've experienced involved persons in authority. I know how difficult it is to reprimand a brother/sister in the Lord especially if such person is the child of someone in authority. There's the infernal excuse of "God understands", more so if the parents just tolerate the wrong things their child does, thinking that the end will justify the means. The excuse “God understands” means that God will excuse us for the sins we are committing since He is a loving God. This excuse is only partly correct. Yes, God is a loving God but He is also a God of righteousness and justice. Wrong is wrong. Sin is sin. The end does not justify the means (think Judas Iscariot and Christ's crucifixion). Going back to my story: I stood by the truth because I am aware that there are no gray areas in Christianity. I became hated and despised because I stood by the truth.

The words of Apostle John gave me comfort, "I have no greater joy that to hear that my children are walking in the truth."

I'm just thinking out loud.


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