No Perfect People

Sponsor: 
Jon Cunningham, Owner, Cunningham Financial Group
Website:  www.cunninghamfinancialgroup.com   
Phone:  205-326-7364

I saw a sign recently outside of a church: No Perfect People Allowed. What do you think about that sign? What does it mean? Would you be comfortable with it outside of the place where you worship? There is a powerful and needful message in that sign that should be demonstrated by us in as many ways as we can. It should be sending two messages: how the possible visitor sees themself, and how we see ourselves as the people of God. Are we prefect and they are not? 

Here's a distinction that matters. We are "perfected" and they are not! "Perfected for all time!" But that isn't about how good we are compared to them - that is about Jesus and how great and perfect and wonderful He is. Come along with me as we look at that sign and talk about it. And then look at church culture and aspects of three different but closely related words: Perfect, Perfected, and Perfection. 

- Are you more inclined to tell others about what you do that is right, or about Christ?

- If someone visited your church from the world, would they feel welcome?

- Would they feel like their imperfection is okay and that we are all in that same boat?

- How does reliance on Christ to perfect us bring us all together in humility and not pride?

- And how does striving to be perfect fit beautifully into all of this if it comes third in line?