No Perfect People Allowed

Posted by admin at 9:29 pm

Why is there a common misconception that you have to clean up your life before you can go to church? Most likely because the church has lost the essential essence of what it means to be the church. Read what Jesus said when the Pharisees tested Jesus on God’s commandments:

Jesus replied: ” ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. ‘This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Matthew 22:37-40

The commands are simple, “Love God and Love People.” This means love people where they are at no matter what the condition of the person’s life. I recently had time to work with hoseashouse.com who ministers to women who have been abused mentally, physically and emotionally. Hosea’s House does most of their ministry in the west end of Louisville. This area is a very diverse area and the only discriminator is the economy. This area is not a common area for churches to go because of the common violence and the bad reputation the area has, which is too bad because I found tons of people who welcomed the token white guy with open arms. The main reason I was in West Louisville was to take picture for hoseashouse.com and here is what I found: