The Worth Of Knowing

Biblical Christianity is not a spiritual MLM.

“For we do not market the word of God for profit like so many. On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.”
‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭2‬:‭17‬ ‭CSB‬‬

The Biblical God does not need a pyramid scheme to be great. God was great before we said it.

“Get ready to answer me like a man; when I question you, you will inform me. Where were you when I established the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.”
‭‭Job‬ ‭38‬:‭3‬-‭4‬ ‭CSB‬‬

God doesn’t need spiritual marketers or sales people or “friends” that tell others to get in on the business that made them healthy and wealthy … OR morally superior and heaven bound.

The Gospel is more like the pyramid scheme upside down.

“But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭19‬:‭30‬ ‭CSB‬‬

So rather than hustling to create salvation funnels and generate more buy-in there’s more resting in Jesus who brought us in.

“For the person who has entered his rest has rested from his own works, just as God did from his. Let us, then, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same pattern of disobedience.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭4‬:‭10‬-‭11‬ ‭CSB‬‬

Because Jesus saves.

When we don’t need to save people we are free to love people where they are.

When we don’t need to save people we’re free to rest in the work of Jesus.

The calm and confidence and gentleness that exudes from people who believe this is palatable. Even when they forget – their “reset” is not to do more to catch up, but to fall in the arms of Jesus.

Even now I feel the discomfort rising in me: is this lazy? where’s the zeal? where’s the good works?

But what’s more effective than resting in God’s lavish love for me to energize me to be zealous to do good works for Him?

Let’s be done putting cheap “good” works out there as bait for new recruits. Let our zeal for [the appearance of] growth fade. Let’s stop fooling ourselves into thinking that genuine growth comes from a good sales pitch or a less triggering version of the gospel or anything besides the work of God. “… On the contrary, [let’s] speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God” (‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭2‬:‭17‬ ‭CSB‬‬).