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Originally Posted by Mocopo  Part of being a Christian is trying to be as holy as possible.. |
Hmm... holy is a bit of an oldfashioned word, but it means 'apart', and that's certainly how true christians feel, because we don't want to be part of this crazy world..
In fact the bible tells us to reject the stupid world, to free yourself from it.
I rejected it years ago and have felt great ever since.
Sadly, many are too wimpy to reject it, even though the bible's rooting for them to do so..
"Jesus saved you from the empty way of life handed you by your forefathers" (1 Pet 1:18 )
"Don't love the world or the things in it,otherwise the love of God is not in you" (1 John 2:15-17)
"Set your mind on things above,not on things on the earth" (Col 3:2)
"A friend of the world is the enemy of God" (James 4:4)
Jesus tells us -"
God has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners...to release the oppressed" (Luke 4:18 )
Remember, Jesus said the greatest man ever to be born was a world-rejecting hippy type named John the baptist who lived in the desert eating locusts and wild honey, and dressed in rough camel skins -
