Absorbing God’s Word
“But they cried, saying, crucify him, crucify him.” Luke 23:21
Applying God’s Word
We are so easily swayed to a majority judgement, huh? Remember the old saying, “Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater”? It refers to something good being eliminated along with something bad.
One of the largest churches in the world is under a microscope right now over child abuse. I am very sympathetic to the victims and agree that everything possible should be done to address the crimes inflicted. I was abused as a child. Should I join the group screaming, “Crucify! Crucify!”? I think not.
Louise and I have taken this to prayer. We realize that, like every other Christian community with similar problems, the perpetrators will come to justice one way or another. They represent about 4% of the Church’s population of clergy, which means there’s almost 400,000 innocent and faithfully committed clergy still serving the church.
This church has had other dark times over the last 2,000 years, but so have many other churches. This church, however, continues to feed, clothe, house, educate, care for, and minister to more people in the world than any other church in history.
Let’s be careful not to throw the baby out with the bath water.
“When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” John 8:7
Accounting of God’s Word
Am I with the crowd that screams “Crucify, Crucify”? Am I on my knees in prayer for the victims, the perpetrators and for the entire church?