A religious attitude makes you think that you are better than not just sinners, but better than everyone out there in the world. In Luke 15, Jesus came for sinners, the weak, the sick and the needy, but all the religious people would have given those people a very wide berth due to their superiority complex. They wouldn't have dreamed of stopping to help anyone in need as neediness equates to inferiority. But in Christ there is no class system, everyone is equal and no one has the right to exclude anybody. Jesus included everyone and we need to ensure that our circle of inclusion is broad encompasses all types of people in the same way that any church should open its doors to anyone, especially to those in need. We, as Christians, striving to act like Jesus should be going out of our way to help others, to speak to those that seem to be lonely and out of place, not just in church but out on the street too. We have no right to exclude sinners, God didn't. People go about being religious but don't have the power of the Holy Spirit at work in them and it is clearly evident to a saved Christian. The religious have not fully surrendered so they cannot live the way that Jesus wants us to live. It is absolutely impossible to have a merciful, loving and forgiving attitude if the Holy Spirit is not running through you. It is not until a big crisis hits that many people fully consecrate themselves to God so that they can have more of the Holy Spirit in their lives. Ask God to help you fulfil your calling in life, ask Him to reveal it to you if you don't know what it is yet. And as you do what God has anointed you to do, regardless of opinion around you, when they see how you are, when they hear what you say, the crowds will bless you in your calling and stand by you. Allow yourself to be who God makes you to be and be happy with what God has called others to be.
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