Originally Posted by eclipse829
Originally Posted by Fattyfireplug
Many folk who REALLY need Jesus, don't have Sunday best. You may be looking at their best. I'm not a betting man, but if I were, I'd bet Jesus wouldn't care what they wore. He'd wash their feet. This is one of the greatest problems with the modern church. All denominations. People sitting in the crowd judging others. It turns those in need away. It sours them to the church. Nobody wants to go into a building full of people who aren't like them just to be frowned upon. Jesus would rebuke those doing the frowning. The gossiping. The judging. And he would embrace those being judged.

This is one of the reasons I have so little respect for most organized churches. Most attending are there for the wrong reasons and aren't learning a thing about how to be like Jesus. It's a show.



They've got a court or funeral shirt. They should wear that.


Yep. That's precisely the attitude I was describing. You're making assumptions. Not a very Christ like attitude to have. Judgmental is the word. I'm no biblical scholar, but I do remember something about a commandment. The most simple commandment to honor and also the most often broken. I never met Jesus, but if I did, I'd bet he wouldn't draw the same conclusion you did. But I digress. There is a reason I rarely chime in on religious threads or conversations. Many Christians lack the ability to look in a mirror and see a single flaw.

Character is not developed in moments of temptation and trial. That is when it is intended to be used.