"Young Adults and Silly People" - A rant

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AmmiAmmiel

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I was going to post paragraph after paragraph about how young adults seeking help are being treated by these silly people, but I figured all that needs to be said is this: What would Jesus do? Would He be pleased with your words?
 
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Donkeyfish07

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I know what you mean, I see it all the time and it pains me. Not just young adults, teenagers too. They seek out another Christian for help and all they get is judgement, people telling them how bad they are and belittling them and making them only feel worse (When honestly, I would wager the person being so negative doesn't live the life they'd like you to think they are but only God knows for certain). We've got Pharisee syndrome going on in this day and age. And sometimes, I'll see someone reaching out to genuinely help people in a bad situation, and people come out of the woodwork to criticize and attack those who are just trying to help.

I've been asked a lot before why I don't go to Church......that's a perfect example.....this attitude of judgmental negativity is so prevalent in many of today's churches that I don't want any part of it.....and I do believe it drives a lot of young people that aren't strong in the faith away as well. I'm no better than anyone else, I'm just a humble sinner.....but man, I look around and ask myself sometimes......where is the love here ya know?
 
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thimsrebma

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I am not sure of what your experiences are or what people have said to you about your life or maybe even things you have heard other people say. I know that I have felt in the past that people were judging me based on how I perceived they viewed me or the things they said to me. But now as a maturing Christian I can look back and see sometimes we get offended by the truth.

That is hard to admit. Sometimes when people speak the truth about God's Word our own guilt makes us be defensive. If Sis or Bro tell us that Gods word says x y z and that is what the Bible says we need to accept that and make God's truth part of our walk. I don't believe in guilting or shaming people into following God, but I think you should always speak the truth.

As someone who works with youth I think it is very important to not only talk about what God says is right and wrong but explain why He says so. All of His commandments have meaning and reasons. Youth and young adults need to better understand those in order to follow after Him. It is very hard to commit to something if you do not truely understand the purpose.
 
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AmmiAmmiel

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As someone who recognizes Truth when it is spoken (typed), I do not get offended by it. Now when someone claims what they say is Truth but in reality it is not, it does offend me. I am one of God's Elect, and therefore have been gifted with His gracious gift to be able to understand Truth. I so often encounter people claiming to be Elect of God but do not speak the Truth,.. There are and always will be enemies attacking the Truth. More so these enemies are within the so-called "Christian" camp. We need to be active soldiers and defend the Truth and expose these enemies for what they really are. No more of this "lovey dovey" for everyone who claims to hold the Truth. We need to be cautious and discern if what they claim is indeed True. If it is not then we need to hold our ground and not welcome their deceptive means of attack against us.

On another note, if someone replies to my confession and request for help in an inappropriate way, it will not be received with love and will be viewed as an attack. I am so often accused of being full of "hate", but this is not the case. I am a faithful soldier of Christ and am obligated to fight the good fight by holding to what I know is True and dismissing what is false,..
 
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