An Obsession with Christianity

“Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?” John 9:27

The man was born blind, but now he could see. No one disputed it anymore; a miracle had taken place. But instead of rejoicing with him, the religious leaders were triggered into judgment and wrath.

New religious leaders of new religions arise, but they are always made of the same stuff: legalistic tyranny. The problem is not so much lawlessness (that is the problem amongst the people), but the problem is legalism. Tyrannical leaders try to force their puritanical doctrines upon the consciences of all. They cannot bear to be ignored or cast aside by anyone. But now, just as then, there were some who resisted. And these resistance parties are very often made up of God’s own sheep. Leaders then become obsessed with them. We may well answer as did the blind man who could see: “You keep obsessing over this. Do you also want to become Christians?”

“Muslims who execute homosexuals don’t bother me. Cuban communists who threw them in prison don’t bother me. I wear them on my shirt. But those Christians! They must be stopped.”