A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none.-Luther

"You shouldn’t do that it upsets me I’m a Christian" or “Why do Christians walk and talk like they have a cross stuck up their…” but let’s get down to it what should we consider our witness is, Arrogance, Condemning and Depressed is that how the world see us? I would say for the most part, yes. One question is how are Christians supposed to act, or be? In Matthew 28 and in Mark 16 Jesus tells his disciples to go and preach to baptize to teach them everything that he had taught them. He didn't ask them to surround the village and beat them into salvation, or to change the village culture into what Christianity should be. Preaching the word of God should not draw blood or diminish a person's heritage. Romans 8 says there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ. John 15 Jesus is talking about the Vine and branches and abiding in his love, or living in his love. He didn't boycott companies that were not Christian. He didn't tell people not to go into that part of town because they're all bad people. Christ love. The love of Christ is given to us through his Holy Spirit. It's nothing we can drum up, or be taught. Everything and more that Christ did is ours to do if we are in Christ. Surrendering ourselves is to live as Christ loved every man, woman and child was loved by Christ, not communities, cultures or churches but the person. Christ didn't change the culture in Israel, why do we think we need to change the culture to witness to the person is our witness, so shallow that it only works if the person is wearing shoes, pants close the little black hat? Paul in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 is trying to explain how he is able to win so many souls to Christ. First off, he reinforces the idea that he is free to do as he wants because he knows that what he wants is what Christ wants. Then he says he becomes a servant to everyone a Jew to the Jew or Greek to the Greek a sinner to this sinners and a lawyer to the lawyers. He didn't walk on to Mars Hill and demand that they take down their temples and shrines before he witnesses. He didn't tell the jailer to clean up the cell before he sat down. If that was true, the only way the sinner could be saved would be by doing on Christian works for a Christian reward. John 3:16 would be gibberish. We have to remember is because of love that Jesus came it was because of love that Paul became all things to all men and it should be because of love that we witness