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Peter 2:2-3
“Like newborn infants,
long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.”
And if the Lord tastes rotten, well then, is the
implication that this is a religion to avoid?
I like Peter’s honesty. The truth
of Jesus Christ may not be for everybody.
That may come from many different reasons. Perhaps the person is not yet ready to hear
the truth of Christ. Perhaps the method
by which ‘the truth’ was passed to them has left them with a sour taste in
their mouth. Perhaps somebody has done
something in the name of Christ that Christ would never have condoned-but that
is the only witness this person has ever had to our Savior.
I fear for the many people who have
done things to skew the message of Jesus so that it has become unpalatable to
good people who might otherwise have tremendous personal relationships with
their Savior. Most of these many people
are very sincere in their own faith journeys, but much damage has been done in
the name of Jesus, now and throughout history.
As the first generation, I would
like to believe that Peter was fairly pure in his portrayal of the life and
ministry of Jesus. Despite that, we see
much opposition to the faith throughout the history of the early church
recorded in the book of Acts. Some people
just didn’t get it. Or, if they got it,
they didn’t like it.
So what do we do about the people
who have tasted of the spiritual milk but do not find it good? Praise Jesus, that decision is not up to
us. We can live the most Christian lives
we can muster, demonstrating the love and sacrifice of our Lord Jesus, but in
the end, it is Jesus who is in charge, not us.
His love for humanity is universal and He will do what He will do to
break down the walls between himself and those who will respond.
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