What Ya Say!!!! & What Ya Do By: KB © 11.13.13

REAL Talk from KB: I’ve been ruminating on this subject for a minute. I’ve been contemplating on just how to convey the thought in a context that will open people’s ears, hearts and minds to just exactly what they need to hear and apply and I’ve come up with these two passages.

Matthew 23:27

"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean.

James 3:1-6

1 Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.2 We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check.3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal.4 Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. 5 Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

These passages are used to hold people in check. I’m writing this to illustrate a point…that point being that there is no place in the “kingdom”, the realm of spirituality, the practice of religion or a righteous faith walk for exclusionary theology. There is no us and them in this process. We all fall short; we all have faults and frailties….stop telling people the list of God’s likes and dislikes and start looking at the concept of what it means to have a heart and mind inclined toward God. Teach that brother or sister how to be a better man, woman, husband father, brother, wife, mother, sister…when we look toward God, our paths will be directed and we will learn what is and isn't acceptable.

Stop telling people you love them and that you’ll pray for them when you will never include them.

We are ambassadors for what we say that we believe….what are you doing or saying that would make people want to visit your “country”?

 From the book of Tupac...only God can Judge Me!