"17Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins." James 4:17
I am so so so so happy to be home and with my family. I'm still so excited that I'm having trouble falling asleep. As soon as I got home my mom took us out to dinner for some sushi and then we came home and just had some nice family time enjoying each others company. My sister and I went to walmart after to buy some girly things and as we were driving back home our conversation turned into things about church. We were talking about Korean churches in particular and the different issues that typically arise within Korean churches. My sister went on to tell me that she resents church because of all the petty problems that they tend to exasperate, thus her reason for not going to church anymore while at college. "That's not how Christians ought to act. In the Bible, Paul clearly spells out how a church is supposed to be run." I told her she's right, but that this wasn't so much of a "church problem" as it is a "Korean problem".. But then suddenly, right there and then, James 4:17 popped into my head. We as Christians--having been accepted Christ as our Savior, can never run away from the Truth. Once we have tasted the goodness and righteousness of God, it's difficult going back to your old ways without carrying that burden of conscience. That is the whole point of suffering for Christ. We carry that burden because we know that we can never go back to the world--ignorant and selfish. But now that we know the Truth and how to serve and how to please God, but do not do it, then that in itself is a sin. For us to sit back and judge others for not doing something right, knowing full well what they ought to do, but not help fix their problem, we are in no better position ourselves.
