Pastor John Collins:
In response to a question about people who claim to be
Christian in their business and in their lives and yet treat people with
contempt and dismissal, I have this to say:
The Catholic Church used to use ‘ex-communication’ as a threat to hold over people that included the added horror of dying while in such a state of separation from that church that would lead to being buried in unhallowed ground.
Guess what? Every bully is known to God. Who is one person, one church, or one group to determine who can belong to God and who is not welcome among His people? Who is to determine who His people are? The bully who uses you in the name of God and then discards you with a threat of slandering you amongst fellow Christians is in fact one of the tares being allowed to grow alongside the wheat and in the end will be plucked up and cast into the fire.
If you are among the lied about, slandered about and bullied about, have no worries because God has got your back. The big thing to do is to not feed the fire which means that you do not have to be confrontational and ‘prove’ your righteousness but let you light so shine before others that they see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
There is something to be said for taking the high road because God will always lead you home if you are truly following Him. If you allow God, then He will bring you new opportunities to have fellowship, have business and have a life that is righteous and true as long as you have the trust and the patience to let Him work. Some things and people may be removed from your life and some may be introduced into your life. Just remember that you don’t have to prove a thing to any man as it is God who should concern you and He is more than capable of seeing you through this trial too.Your true Christians friends will be there support you as well.
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life; and there are few who find it.” Matthew 7:13-14 (NKJV).
