I heard someway say onetime that they would rather be an open sinner than a false saint. How about that. On one side you have someone yearning to be true to who they are, that they don't want to live out a lie. On the other side you have to admit that you sin.
In church society it is easy to notice how being a false saint affects people. After all, we are no better than Adam. Actually we are Adam. We have fallen and are in need of a savior. To say that we don't sin, or to present this false self to the world is doing a disservice. If you place anyone on a pedestal they will fall off. The higher the pedestal the larger the fall will be. But what if this is replaced. What if there is no pedestal. If people are real. If you ran into Frank at church and you asked how things were going, and Frank feeling safe says that things aren't going well. That he cheated on his wife or that his kids were using drugs.
I have never met anyone that has led a perfect life. Usually the more perfect they seem the more messed up they are. But can we be messed up and love Jesus at the same time? I certainly hope so, because i know how messed up I am.
Now before this gets taken the wrong way, I want to say that i don't think that one should go around and shout from the rooftops all sins committed, and i don't think that one should just tell everyone. But we have to be able to be real. If the church cant be real then who can? If a pastor cant be real and say wow, yesterday i did something messed up, or i didn't follow Gods desire for my life, then who can? If a pastor sets the tone for his church, if a pastor is the one looked up to in that environment, then he should emulate transparency to his congregation. Transparency is 100% necessary! Without it we are just a bunch of people putting on masks like the rest of the world.
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