Jackie Pullinger, a missionary in Hong Kong who works with heroin addicts, has said, “If you want to see revival, plant your church in the gutter.” (Red Moon Rising, Greig & Roberts, pg. 7, Relevant Books)
Us: Jesus in the gutter? Does that mean I have to follow? Gutter! Dirty, filthy, disgusting, low-life, addicts, homeless, smells, appearance, uneducated – maybe, unlike us middle class folks. That’s what I say!
God: “All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags… you have hidden your face from us and made us waste away because of our sins.” (Isaiah 64:6,7) “That’s what you should say”
Us: You're right! I know it down deep. Actually God, I don’t have to dig that deep. Forgive me!
God: “I already have. Do you believe?”
Us: Jesus in the gutter? Does that mean I have to follow? Gutter! Dirty, filthy, disgusting, low-life, addicts, homeless, smells, appearance, uneducated – maybe, unlike us middle class folks. That’s what I say!
God: “All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags… you have hidden your face from us and made us waste away because of our sins.” (Isaiah 64:6,7) “That’s what you should say”
Us: You're right! I know it down deep. Actually God, I don’t have to dig that deep. Forgive me!
God: “I already have. Do you believe?”
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