Bible-Study, Texas Hold-Em, and Cigars

So I was talking to a church planter recently, and he shared with me that weekly, he does a Bible-Study, Texas Hold-Em, and Cigars with several guys, both believers and unbelievers. And as I began to think about this, I thought, you know, what is more Christ-like? If Jesus were living today, where would he be? Because I suspect He wouldn't be hanging out in our church buildings all the time.

This area church planter is not really concerned about pleasing religious people. His primary concern is reaching people who do not know Jesus. The Gospel is more important to him than pleasing his critics. And I think about Jesus, and I think about all of His critics...the religious people who said, "Jesus, how can you hang out with sinners? With drunkards? With tax-collectors?" They even called him a glutton and a drunkard, though we know Jesus was not, because He did sin. But He was not concerned by the comments of His critics. He was concerned with revealing Himself to people who needed Him.

I think this is a lot to think about. I think we, as Christ-followers, should look at the life-example of Jesus and allow Him to serve as our example. I think we need to look at our gifts, the passions God has blessed us with, and then ask ourselves, "How would Jesus live my life?" And we should begin to live this way, asking God to help show us how we can share His love with our world.