Say What???
"Barack Obama was a community organizer like Jesus, who our minister prayed about. Pontius Pilate was a governor."These are the words of US Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn). You can read a short story about it here.
I've heard Jesus called a lot of things, but never a community organizer!
If that was His purpose, He obviously didn't do what He was supposed to do. Much of the community turned against Him!
Of course this is absurd. Jesus was motivated by one thing: doing the will of the Father. "For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me." (John 6:38). Jesus had no desire for earthly power. Jesus knew the world would hate him: "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first" (Jn 15:18).
It's not a great idea, whether you are a Democrat ("What Would Jesus Drive?") or a Republican ("Jesus is for free markets"), to throw around Jesus' name to support what you think is a good thing. You're safer sticking to what the Bible actually says about Him.
Perhaps this is a good time to remember that Jesus' kingdom is not of this world, and that the more we follow Jesus, the better the chances that some people will hate us. That is to be expected. It is the false prophet whom everyone likes, because the false prophet just says what everyone wants to hear. "Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets." - Luke 6:26.
posted by Rob @ 4:44 PM
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