Here’s the chorus:
There’s gotta be a difference
It’s gotta be significant
If You’re really inside changing my life
You would shine, You would be evident
If there’s a difference
I’ve actually been thinking a lot about this lately. What’s the difference in my life? How is Christ making me different? As I struggle to embrace the view that sin is relative, as suggested by Paul in Romans 14, I still have to wonder how does that jive with Revelations 3:14-22 where John talks about God rejecting people because their deeds were luke warm. I’ve always interpreted the bible in such black and white terms. Could this also be interpreted through relativism? Perhaps, perhaps John is warning that your actions need to motivated by love of God and love of your neighbor as Jesus said when He summed up the law and the prophets. But that’s getting into a heady area I don’t want to get into right now.
What’s the difference in my life? How does Christ make me different from those around? Do I love more than others? Can they see that love in me? I’m not sure they can. I’m a horribly selfish person. I don’t help those in need. I don’t feed the hungry or clothe the naked. When I tell people I go to church they’re always surprised. At first I thought it may be the whole gay thing, but maybe there’s more to it than that. They don’t see the love of Christ in me and so don’t expect it.
hmmm…. I don’t like that I can’t even tell the difference between me and the rest of the world.
Not sure where that all leaves me other than this is a good song and I need to do some more thinking.
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Well sin is sin, regardless of what the sin is and they are all the same to God. Be it murder, adultery, lying, stealing, or not honoring your parents, it is a sin and we are thus worthy of being sent to hell. Jesus’ death changed that for us. So what I think John is referring to is the story (sorry, I don’t know where it is in the Bible) where the men say that they are casting out demons in the name of God, but when they meet God He says He does not know them. Without a relationship with Jesus our actions are usually motivated by our selfish nature. I know I do it a lot, and I have been walking with Him for years.
As for being able to see a change in yourself, sometimes you need to hear it from someone else to really notice it. It takes a lot to change, and it’s often subtle at first, just a slight change in how you see things. But the fact that you want to be different from the world is a step in the right direction. You can’t fix a problem if you don’t admit that it’s there. I would say just try to stay positive and think about things before you do them.
Comment by Kevin — May 5, 2009 @ 12:37 AM
I really like your question, I understand how you feel completely.
But we all know that Christ has made all of us different-unique in our own ways. Some people are good at singing, some people at guitar, ect.
Of course you’re going to compare this to the whole world, but the whole world is made out of different people, we’re all made to create a world in which we bring our qualities together as one.
But seriously, great question, really got me thinking. (:
Comment by Mai — June 18, 2009 @ 7:01 AM