This is great. Last week in church our pastor announced that we're going to be studying the Ten Commandments, and discovering what God is for rather than what he's against. I'm excited for this because a lot of the time Christians are put in the category of hating people who sin. What people don't realize, Christians included, is that we are all sinners. Our mission, as Jesus said, is to love our neighbor as ourselves. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Not just by humans, but by God as well.

So many times we forget that we don't understand the motives of others, yet we sometimes look down on them because they're doing something we don't like. The Bible talks against homosexuality and prostitution, but no where does it tell us to hate the people that are gay or prostitutes. We're told to love the sinner and hate the sin. A lot of Christians either choose to ignore the words spoken by Christ, or they don't understand.

"How can we love the sinner if they keep sinning?"

James 2:10 "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." Meaning whoever obeys the commands of God, but commits one sin is guilty of breaking God's law

All of us are sinners, no matter what. We are born in sin and it's upon us each day. We can't look at others and pretend we're better than them. God knows our hearts. We have to be for the human soul rather than against human sin. Loving other people is what we're called to do.

Jesus spent most of his time with sinners. He said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick." He taught people that others hated, and they were confused as to why the son of the Most High God was spending his time on Earth with tax collectors and prostitutes.

Today, it seems like everyone thinks the worst of each other. It surprises us when someone does something nice for another. It's sad that people think Christians are full of hatred, and are so ready to judge. Again, we were called to love.

Sorry for the novel. I'm a little passionate about this :P