What Jesus Did! 'Pointing Out Evil!' — John 7:6-9

So much that should be said is not said today because of the political correctness police. But that observation is not intended to give us an excuse for ignoring God's correctness and using prejudicial or bigoted speech. My concern is our culture's reluctance to call sin, "Sin!" as Jesus did in our verses today. Jesus didn't leave just happy and healed people in the wake of his ministry. Some of the folks he passed by reappeared later in the story crying, "Crucify him!" They didn't like it when he called their evil what it actually was. Some of us apparently do not like it either. Evil is still evil. Sin is still sin. And wrong is still wrong. Truth often makes us uncomfortable with our sin and hopefully will lead us to change. Unfortunately, many don't want to be brought to the light of the truth. Jesus was crucified for several key reasons, but we must realize that one of those reasons was simply this: Many people, especially religious people, don't like having their sins pointed out to them. And, if we are the ones doing the telling, we must remember to do it with love and humility, realizing that we are also sinners in need of repentance and grace, too.