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Jesus is NOT Your Homeboy

I decided to digg up an old post because I saw another one of those retarded “Jesus is my homeboy” tshirts. Once again it reminded me of one of the greatest shows ever … Punk’d. Here is 2 Reasons Why Jesus is NOT Your Homeboy.

On a sidenote, any person who uses the word Homeboy should not. In fact, the word “homeboy” should be erased from the internet for 20 years. We can then revisit this word while watching Ashton Kutcher on the news because he fell and broke his hip.

Contrary to popular belief, “homeboy“, along with “homie” were both created by Chicano, aka Mexican American Pachucos from the word “Hombre” which is spanish for “man.” It all derived from the slang they used known as “Calo.” Chuco #1: What’s happenin’ homie?

Chuco #2: Just kickin it with my homeboy.{courtesy of Urban Dictionary}

As a man, Jesus performed many miracles, which set him apart. When we think of set apart, you have to imagine these miracles happening to you or a member of your family. Try to digest the full impact of the following miraculous acts.

He healed Peter’s mother of a fever. He also healed lepers. In Matthew 9:20 He healed a woman who suffered from menorrhagia, or, what scholars would consider to be hemophilia. Remember, no X-rays, no CAT scans, no Vicodine, Codiene, Tylenol etc. Imagine pain and then grab a hammer and smash each finger… one – by – one.

In St. Mark, Jesus heals a man who has a withered hand. He is also credited with simply speaking and healing a young boy who was close to dying. His impact was continually felt everywhere He traveled. We are talking about your levels of friends, and comparing this metric with Jesus. We are reminding eachother how insane it would have been to be next to Him as He rocked up and commanded a buried, embalmed dead man to come out of a grave. Fully dead, fully embalmed inside a real grave. Is He greater than Michael Jackson’s rendition of “Thriller?”

Luke alone states that, during Sabbath, Jesus ate in the house of a prominent Pharisee, opposite someone who suffered from dropsy, and Jesus asked the Pharisees that were present if it was lawful to heal on Sabbath. After getting no reply, He healed the man. Jesus then challenged the Pharisees to say that they would not immediately pull out an ox, or a son (or a donkey, according to some ancient manuscripts of Luke), if it fell into a well during Sabbath.

He took shots at deafness, blindness and paralysis. None of them were any match. I wonder sometimes how I would treat my local pastor if he had performed the following miracles? Would his sermon be boring or would my mind drift off to my DVR schedule of HBO? Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Flight of The Concords… (your mind is gone at this point in church and you need to hit the reset button).

REASON #1 WHY JESUS IS NOT YOUR HOMEBOY: If you have homies, who can do everything in the above few paragraphs, then please alert me. I am hanging with the wrong people and my life sucks. (Thank you for pointing out to me my lack of awesome relationships.)

Did Jesus come to bring peace?

St. John 18:37 states: Pilate said, “…So you are a king?”

Jesus responded, “You say I am a king. Actually, I was born and came into the world to testify to the truth. All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true.”

St. Matthew 10:32-33 states, “Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.” V33: “…But everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven.”

Both of these passages of scripture scream out to me our consistent desire of obtaining FREE STUFF. We love our:
FREE COFFEE,
FREE DONUTS,
FREE CAR WASH,
Buy 1 get one FREE and so on.

I think what we forget is that Jesus lives in a place called H E A V E N. He has thousands and thousands of angels worshipping Him all the time. He is living in the greatest place EVER and is not in the business to give out a FREE HANDOUT to heaven.

Let’s imagine you recently purchased your dream home. Floor to ceiling glass, ocean views, and… you recently finished gutting out every room and installing new carpet. You went nuts and threw down mahogany wood floors, wood shutters.

You went all out, installed a state of the art replica bathtub used by past Ceasar’s, inground swimming pool with giant rock formations. You had custom rocks flown in from Brazil to form a natural waterfall 10 feet high. Now…imagine your pool is deep enough to jump in from that high!

You decided to redesign every room in your house. Your house takes almost 2 years to completely renovate. Imported tile, wood: the finest of the finest. Now imagine how you would feel if your wife or best friend decided to throw a party at your house with a bunch of college kids !

College kids who have not lived in an apartment larger than 2 bedrooms. College kids who have never actually washed dishes; they only wipe them off or use paper plates. College kids who yell WOOO WOOO when you mention the word SPRING BREAK! College kids who conveniently always have a trojan condom that they wash out and re-use because THEY ARE BROKE!

Your house would be trashed!

All your hard work would be torn apart, wasted and destroyed by these so called college friends. Your friends think you’re cool. They may even say they love you, or possibly toss you a text message every so often. These friends may even help YOU out sometimes when you need something done. The question is: do they respect you?

REASON #2 JESUS IS NOT YOUR HOMEBOY: He ultimately has the ability to change your life forever. There is not another individual on this planet or another galaxy, who holds this capability. If you missed what I said, here it is again: No one else can alter the course of your ETERNAL life. We are not talking about your mortgage, your job, your spouse, your family or your winning lotto ticket.

Imagine how long it feels like to stare at a clock for a whole entire hour. Now imagine that clock ticking forever… where would you like to spend that time?

++Digg++ St. Matthew 4:16 ,17 :: St. Mark 1:14,15 :: St. Luke 13:3,5

Closing Quote: “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” – Mother Theresa

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