What is your VIBE?

^{Luke 9:54-56
54}When His disciples ^E)">(E)James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do You want us to ^F)">(F)command fire to come down from heaven and consume them? ⁵⁵But He turned and rebuked them, [and said, "You do not know what kind of spirit you are of; ⁵⁶for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them."] And they went on to another village.

We can have all the right beliefs, our doctrine can be all lined out, say all the right things, and even have good quality ministry but if we have the wrong spirit nobody will hear or see all our right stuff.

We push more people away from the church because of our spirit (vibe) that we put out, even though we have all the right stuff to help them.

MAYBE A REBUKE IS IN ORDER??

Jesus came to heal not harm. Jesus came to deliver hope not despair.

Religious people with the wrong spirit got Him more upset than rank pagan sinners. Lets all check what spirit we are of so that we can bring healing and hope to the lost. People find more love and acceptance at their local bar than they do at church. Why? We have the wrong spirit!!

Accepting them does mean we approve of their behavior or choices it just says we want a voice in your life because we care.

Thinking out loud,
Ed