Kaine Ktisis

The unbeliever wonders why a good and loving God would create man and allow him to suffer. The believer stands in wonder that a holy and righteous God would become Man and partake in the suffering.

The sacrificial giving of one's time is one of the most neglected acts of genuine love among the Body of Christ. We've become so selfish, so unwilling to give in this area that we view this not as a blessing but a burden. Our time becomes our god, not that which is given FROM God to be used with faithful stewardship. The neglect results from looking at this from a me-centered perspective rather than one that is Christ-centered, but biblical love is self-sacrificing, not self-centered. When the early church gave and served sacrificially, we are content to sacrifice not our time but this grace being worked in us on the altar of busyness. True, biblical love is sacrificial. When we've reduced this down to a feeling, it's no wonder we have little action to match our words.

Brothers and sisters, We should not be encouraging people who are using inappropriate GIFs and language in response to messages in their inbox by liking and reblogging them. I don't care how much theology a person knows—if a biblical love is not flowing from them, their theology is nothing but an idolatrous pursuit. Theology should lead to a lifestyle of worship if applied properly. From that lifestyle of worship flows the fruit of the Spirit. If your theological studies are leading to an inflated view of yourself with no concern for the treatment of individuals regardless of how you are treated, rather than an exalted view of God and His greatness and transcendence which humbles us and brings us low in recognition of our insufficiency and Christ's sufficiency, then there must be self-examination. Knowledge puffs up. That is evident when we are called out for our arrogance and we respond as if those individuals are nothing but bits of trash to trample on. But the frustrating and discouraging thing to watch is the number of notes with likes and reblogs in support of those posts, which are often far higher than a quote on the pursuit of holiness or the person and nature of Christ. Or this post. You can give lip service to the "I just want to be like Jesus" mantra, but if you aren't pursuing theology to behold His glory and are, rather, beholding your own intellect, then you know nothing of being like Jesus.