here's the gospel

"When you're walking through life on a dirty road, and you're clean and bathed, the dirty road, you pick up dirt on your feet. And when you enter into relationship with Jesus, your sins are forgiven. And as we walk on a daily walk with Him, we continue to offend, we continue to sin. And isn't like we have to go back to "Go", but it is like we have to come back to Jesus. And let Him wash our feet, not simply start all over.

So Jesus is inviting Peter and the rest of His disciples, 'Return to me, return to me, get here quick!'

It's amazing to me how many people call Christians hypocrites.

And I guess I want to get in that line and say we are.

But the interesting thing about what a Christian hypocrite is versus what most people think a hypocrite is when they're a Christian - I think those are where we get it mixed up. I think most people accuse us of being hypocrites because we live lives with dirt on our feet and then we come to church or come to community group or come to Jesus and they go: 'See, hypocrite, hypocrite, you're no different than me!'

And what Jesus is saying is, 'You know, the hypocritical part of life is walking away from me, not walking back to me.'

Come back here, that's not being a hypocrite. Come into community group, that's not being a hypocrite."

- Pastor Bill Clem, Mars Hill Church

This really gets me excited about getting dirt on my feet. Because that means that I get to know the Jesus that forgives the offensive me, the Jesus who is patient with the irritable me.