Christian Family Services Ministry

10-10-2018 – A Word to the Wise: As a counselor often you find yourself working with strange people or situations. This seems to be particularly true of addicts.

I had one case where the person (this was new to me) was addicted to eating oil dirt. That is they would drain the oil out of vehicle into the dirt, move the vehicle and then proceeded to eat the dirt. Now to be honest I found that somewhat odd until the next person.

Now oddities seem to come in pair. This person would burglarize blood banks and steal fresh blood and drink it. Now that is a strange addiction.

But there is an even stranger group. This group of people, (a lot of Christians) who firmly believe that their parents owe them support for the rest of their life. Not only food, clothing, and shelter but they are expected to pay for their alcohol, drugs or other addiction, pay their bills and get them out of legal trouble. Now according to this group that is being a loving parent, or friend.

Now most of us would think that is foolish, and to be honest it is. However, along with this concept many others hold to a belief called ‘unconditional love.’That is the demand of others that we do anything and everything demanded based on the idea that Christians are to love unconditionally, meaning giving anything ask of them regardless. The Bible does not teach that in fact it teaches just the opposite.

Now as we look at those concepts we see just how foolish they are and yet there is another group of Christians, at least they call themselves Christians, who go to church, give a couple of dollars when the collection plate is past and consider that Christianity. On the week days, they lie, steal, cheat their neighbors, cuss like a sailor, get angry over the smallest matters with family, friends, neighbors and not a few enemies, and call that living a holy life.

Most of us are able to see that these things are not what Jesus requires of us. But there is another group probably which I and many of you are a part of that do and believe things inconsistent with a godly way of life.

Do you care to list your misdeeds?