In Sunday school this week, the ideas of the world's immorality came up, and we were asked our opinions of the question, "What would Jesus do?" I was not sure how to respond exactly so I held my tongue, however, I believe I now know the answer.
In the world today we are surrounded by leniency. As Christians we enter most
situations asking ourselves "What would Jesus do?" The world uses this to tell
us not to be judgmental, and to be accepting of their choices whether we agree
or not. However I take "what would Jesus do?" much differently; in fact, I am
completely contradictory to the world's view of this question.
I believe
that in many circumstances when the time comes and that simple question arises
in our minds we already know what to do yet we second guess ourselves. We not
only know what Jesus would do, the Holy Spirit has convicted our hearts to tell
us what WE should do. When faced with things like murder, rape, child abuse,
etc. we know it is our place to step in. When faced with homosexuality, drug
use, and abortion we turn the other way and say, "it is not my place to judge;
it is their choice." while this may be true, murder, rape and child abuse are
also choices. What would Jesus do?
When Jesus came across a town wallowing
in sin did he accept those sins and calmly tell them their lifestyle was okay
because it was a choice? In Matthew 21:12-17it states, "And Jesus went into the
temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and
overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold
doves, And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house
of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves'!" Then the blind and the
lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. But when the chief priests
and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in
the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant and
said to Him, “Do You hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes.
Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have
perfected praise’?”Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and He
lodged there."
What would Jesus do? Would he become complacent? Would he
allow the world to fall to sin as to not judge others while they stand in
judgement of him? What then gives us the idea that those are to be our actions?
As Christians stand around the earth trying to keep the name of their religion
sacred so that none may call it judgmental or intolerant their savior's name is
thrown out as their excuse to allow the corruption he lived to prevent. What
would Jesus do? As I believe it states very clearly in the scripture I have
provided, Jesus would show sinners the error of their ways and then bless them
and love them dearly in the name of the Father. So next time you find yourself
asking, "What would Jesus do?" it is important that you remember that Jesus accepted sinners, but he
never accepted sin.
