Molly and Tia

Molly and Tia
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Friday, November 23, 2012

Gotta love funny movies. I'm watching Steve Martin in "The Jerk". Granted, there are some parts that are vulgar, but it's pretty funny. I get a kick out of watching him find his rhythm through the old big band music, and there are some funny lines in it. His character is extremely naive, and actually, most of his family is extremely naive. I love how it skewers stereotypes. I don't think they would be able to make this movie today, as it's not really politically correct. Many things aren't politically correct, including Christianity.
Certainly Christ was not politically correct. How many times did He anger the religious powers that be? Several times. He told a parable about some a farmer who leased a vineyard out to tenant farmers. When harvest time came he sent servants out to collect the crops, but they were beaten up. This happened several times, until the farmer decided to send his son. The son was killed, and Christ ended the story by asking what would happen to the tenants, that they would be killed.

Then Jesus asked them, "Didn't you ever read this in the Scriptures? 'The stone rejected by the builders has now become the cornerstone. This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous to see.' What I mean is that the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation that will produce the proper fruit. Anyone who stumbles over that stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls." When the leading priests and Pharisees heard Jesus, they realized He was pointing at them--that they were the farmers in His story. They wanted to arrest Him, but they were afraid to try because the crowds considered Jesus to be a prophet. (Matthew 21:42-46)
To be politically correct may please people, but it may not please God.  Just think of this!: If Jesus had wanted to be politically correct, think of all the things He wouldn't have done. He wouldn't have healed the sick, he wouldn't have helped the blind to see, he wouldn't have helped the lame to walk, and he wouldn't have died on the Cross. None of us would have a relationship with God if Jesus had decided to be politically correct. Now, I'm not talking about the kind of politically correct which keeps people from calling African-Americans derogatory names (because using the n-word is being more than politically incorrect; it's being hateful towards people who have suffered enormous wrongs. We're not to be hateful to anybody). I'm talking about the kind of political correctness which restrains free speech; which keeps people from pointing out wrongs and sins for fear of offending. That kind of political correctness is like salt that has lost its flavor.

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