Come on, people - Stop Sinning

Ok, I've officially had enough. One too many people have bashed the President one too many times and I'm offically tired of it. It's time for me to state what should be obvious in hopes of persuading Christians to stop sinning.

1 Peter 2:17

"Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king."

It's a simple verse, really. Show respect to everyone, love your brothers and sisters, fear God and honor your leader. Most believers don't have a problem with fearing God and the majority do a pretty good job at loving their brothers and sisters. Maybe you don't agree with them all the time or whatever, but I think it's pretty well understood that we should love them regardless.

But boy are we having a hard time with "honor the king". Notice "the king" is not capitalized. Peter is talking about the guy in charge, governmentally speaking. And by the way, the guy in charge wasn't so nice. He was persecuting and killing Christians among other things. But Peter says we are to honor the king.

I think it's pretty clear here he's not suggesting it but commanding it. So what does honor mean? I think we can agree that it means at least to not slander and tear down, but I continually see Christians slam Obama day after day.

Whether you agree with his positions or not, if you are a follower of Jesus you must honor him. Biblically speaking, God has placed him in charge of our country and we are to honor that decision by God and honor and respect him. We don't have to agree, but we must honor.

I'm not going to say anything more about this other than not only are Christians sinning when they slam Obama, they are also potentially turning off those that may be open to the gospel. People watch what we say and do and if those that say they love Jesus continue to dishonor the President, what does that say about Jesus? We are also called to be above reproach so that we are not a stumbling block for anyone.

So just stop already. You're making it very difficult for me to love the brotherhood.