A gentle reminder to those who passionately profess their Christian faith and assert their devotion to the teachings of Jesus: a true adoption of the teachings of Jesus is not solely a vocal declarations of love for Christ, repeatedly affirming belief in him or in his sacrifice. At the heart of this faith lies a call to embody the virtues that Jesus himself lived and taught—compassion, humility, mercy, forgiveness, and love for others. True discipleship is measured not by how loudly one proclaims allegiance, but by how faithfully one reflects the character of Christ in daily life. Jesus did not instruct his followers to prove their faith through words alone, but through the transformative power of sincere and consistent action.
At no point did he condition a swearing of allegiance to him, to loving him or accepting him as your savior as that would have been incredibly narcissistic of him. He simply taught his disciples to follow principles in their day to day lives in order to experience a transcendent spiritual awakening. All life lessons that would ultimately result in humanity live in harmony with each-other rather than in constant contentious conflicts and general human suffering as a result of a lack of empathy and compassion.
He guided his followers to experience a spiritual awakening which lets us access what he referred to as the ‘kingdom of heaven’ within which was his name/term for a state of egoless enlightenment he said was present and possible within all of us. Despite what many Christians think, it is not something you experience after you die, nor is it a literal kingdom, as Jesus spoke in metaphors often. It was an apt and descriptive term, as it involves us finally remembering, realizing and reestablishing our unity and oneness with the greater universe above us as well as unity and oneness with all fellow human beings which he casually referred to as our siblings. This description of fellow human beings as our siblings was also apt as it emphasizes the fact that we are all inherently and intrinsically family, and not separate like our egos would like us to believe.
Understanding that we are all one family would have a tremendous impact on everyone’s attitude, thinking and the way we act towards others instead of the current method which has us selfishly prioritizing ourselves or persons within our close circle of friends and family.
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That being said, the universe presents us often with opportunities to not judge others as being separate, as being inferior or ‘sinners’ that should be condemned, judged, or derided. Jesus made this clear when he made it a point to rebuke a man for judging a woman that their society had deemed a sinner, making him a more important focal point of his speech than the woman herself. The takeaway from that story should terminate the Christian habit of scolding and berating anyone they see as sinners in their eyes, knowing full well they have had their fair share of deviations of what they deem acceptable. This hypocrisy should always be monitored and nipped in the bud when it happens.
Other common examples of judging others comes in the form of other races or nationalities. It’s easy to fall into the delusion of thinking that we are different or superior to others, but keep in mind these are ego motivated thoughts, and are purely intended to convince ourselves that we are separate from others or to judge others as being inferior to us. This is completely out of line with what Jesus taught his followers which was to see all everyone as effectively our siblings and therefore we are all united as a human family. The consequences of separatist thinking, which is the default for many, contributes to an inability for many to achieve oneness with all humanity and the universe. These are obstructions towards enlightenment constructed and placed by our own egos. Any line of thinking that has us putting ourselves above others is always motivated by our egos
Fortunately many Christians have made efforts to normalize not judging others about superficial differences like skin color, race, gender and other illusionary differences between us. Reminder that these differences are illusionary because we are all in fact one. In the past several decades, there has been a substantial increase in the amount of gay and non-binary individuals gaining mainstream attention and demand for equal treatment in society. While many stubborn Christians will refer to the old testament and older books in the bible to justify condemnation and hatred towards people who they feel violate laws in the bible, they are also conveniently forgetting that these older biblical verses that encourage hatred, anger, judgment and even violence towards them also violate Jesus teachings of expressing non-judgement and love towards all our neighbors who are quite literally our brothers and sisters as we are all one family.
These hateful and violent teachings in the old testament texts are mutually exclusive with Jesus teachings, and the time has finally come for Christians to acknowledge and accept this. You cannot honor Jesus teachings and values while also upholding archaic biblical instructions that tell us to direct hatred, anger and violence towards others. For self-proclaimed followers of Jesus, they need to pick which teachings they want to honor and hold. The hateful archaic teachings that are outdated or the teachings of the man they’ve declared as their spiritual leader & guide for years. Sorry to break it to these Christians, but the fact that it’s in the Bible doesn’t automatically make it morally righteous. These older laws prove the Bible contains morally dubious instructions by any measure.
It is vita that anyone who is saying they follow Jesus teachings actually follow what he taught and not just cherry picking the biblical teachings that are most aligned with their own personal beliefs out of convenience.
You’ve betrayed Jesus’ teachings the moment you’ve upheld biblical teachings you feel justify your hatred and judgement towards others. Hatred wrapped in biblical texts and verses is still hatred. Frankly, biblical texts and teachings that cannot be reconciled with Jesus teachings should be completely abandoned. Let members of the LGBTQ+ community serve as reminders and opportunities for you to not judge others, to bless and help others and most importantly put others before yourself in a true act of selflessness as we journey towards a state of egoless consciousness and enlightenment.
As we move towards a complete egoless society, it’s not surprising that we are being tested to see how welcoming we would be to persons who do not easily fit into the traditional binary gender roles. We need to leap over these hurdles effectively and together.
Contemporary Christian “compassion” in effect:
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