About Me
- Jason Ashley
- I am a Husband to the most loving and beautiful woman in the world. I am the father of 3 kids that continue to challenge me in so many ways but they are awesome. I am also a child of the most high God and I am striving to live out The Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am also Co-Founder of The LOT Project. My home church is Newspring Church Anderson Campus. My prayer for you and I is that we are encouraged and challenged by the writings on this page. Some writings may be stories and some writings may be what God is teaching me from day to day. SO GRAB YOUR FORK AND LETS EAT :)
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Grace Killers
Yeah, I know the title of this blog seems a little intense already! Have you ever heard the term "grace killer"? I read a book one time and Pastor David Rice talked about the Definition of a "grace killer".This stuck out to me today that's why I’m blogging about it. A "grace killer" is a person that goes to church just to criticize it or try to take away people's joy. That’s sad but it is happening in churches all over this nation. The most common things attacked by these people are Music. We as believers want to worship Jesus and praise him, they however attack the style of music. They say “It’s not traditional” so it will not work and be effective! Wow! They forgot to tell Jesus about this. I believe whatever the music, just worship Jesus and not the music and he can use anything for his glory. These people also attack the Giving within the church. We want to worship Jesus with his money yes I said his money nothing is ours and they want to know everything purchased and try to tell the leaders how to spend it! They love stirring up controversy within the Body of Christ! We want to reach a fallen world for Jesus and they tell us we are doing it all wrong. They simply say this because we don’t do it according to the way they would do it or don’t use the same methods they would use! Last time I checked the Holy Spirit leads us, not man! You see it’s a pattern anywhere there is change taking place and lives being changed for Jesus. These people come out of everywhere trying to destroy the move of God. They don’t realize how deadly this can be. God will not let them get away with these kinds of actions! Grace Killers will fall flat on their faces. They ain't happy so they don’t think anyone else should be full of Joy either! Good news folks keep your eyes on Jesus and forget about these types of people. Life is too short and Hell is to Hot! So tell the world about Jesus and if somebody has something bad to say about you or the way you do it! Dust off your feet and press forward. If you are getting criticized you are doing a great job. Jesus got criticized, beat up, spit on and by the way it was the RELIGIOUS PEOPLE who did it to him! So smile and if you just got pissed off reading this blog, quit "Grace Killing" and criticizing people!
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Hi Jason, I agree with what you're saying,however, I think we all need reminding on a regular basis that the battle is not of this world. It is Satan who is the orchestrator of division and strife. Grated we are responsible for our actions and the choices that we make, but complaining about the sins or weaknesses of others only makes it appear that we have either a chip on our shoulder or a rebellious spirit, mind you I am referring to an attitude not what kind of music others may or may not listen to. I personlly don't care what kind of music any church prefers because the style of music is not why I go to church. We ALL too often get caught up in finger pointing and fault finding, and then on the flip side we get offended and become defensive, all of these behaviors take the focus off the love of Christ and this is not very attractive to the lost. Meanwhile Satan is getting his way. So pray for the grace killers, just as you would a sick loved one, don't judge them. I appreciate what you're doing and God may bless you
and keep you on your path.
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