There may be many reasons that you aren’t interested in knowing Jesus… Maybe negative experiences with Christians have tarnished your perception of Him. First of all, I want to apologize for any hypocrisy within Christianity that you may have run into, and encourage you to explore Jesus’ teachings in the Gospels.
Despite the shortcomings of others that you may have encountered along the way, Jesus’ deep love for you is enduring and forever, and He’s waiting for a relationship with you.
- To find out more on who Jesus is, click here.
Transcription:
Brant:
If you just turned on the radio station and you hear these songs… for some people it’s like, “Whoa, are they singing about Jesus and stuff? Oh boy.” That’s the reaction from some people, just being honest. And you know what? Kind of get it. Kind of understand. For example, let’s be honest, for those of us who are Christians, and I am a Jesus follower, I’m a Christian, but let’s say there’s a guy named Bob Smith and he has a lot of followers, and all the followers are jerks. After a while you’re going to think, man, “I don’t know who Bob Smith is, but…”
Sherri:
I’m not interested.
Brant:
“…But I’m not interested.” It’s exactly right. And I certainly don’t want to hear songs about Bob Smith. I mean, to some people, if you’re not raised in church culture, that’s the equivalent. And if your interactions have been bad, and we followers of Jesus have put Him in a bad light, man, I am so sorry, and I know we have. My goodness. Just look at the headlines.
I would just ask you to please look past me for now, us for now, and genuinely look at Him. Like, read the gospels and don’t write Him off yet. And I’m sorry for the hypocrisy, and I’m sorry for the ways we don’t reflect who He is because He’s really beautiful.
Sherri:
I was going to say, because He is good.
Brant:
Yes. If you decide, “Wait a second, after reading about Him, I do want to follow Him”, then you will need to join a band of fellow stragglers and you’ll be one of them. And people will look at you and you’ll go, “Man, don’t write Jesus off because of me.” You’re right. So, I just want to encourage you to pursue Him anyway.
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