Religion gone wrong

One way to know that your religion is rotten is when it becomes exclusive. The Jews tolerated Paul until he mentioned that God commissioned him to carry the message of the Messiah to the Gentiles (Act 24:21-22). They had become ingrown, insecure and paranoid. Anytime religion develops an “us versus them” mentality it’s in trouble, not only spiritually, but practically. How will a movement grow if other are excluded? As Christians, it’s important to protect the orthodoxy of the gospel but not be limiting it’s dissemination. People will abuse the message (Corinthians, Galatians), but that is a risk God is willing to take. Our job is to spread the good news freely without regard to nationality, race, religion, gender or social status (2Co 5:19). Jesus is for everyone!