A lot of Christians are in love with this word, especially those who grew up in the church.
Its Just a Tv Show.
Its Just Music.
Its Just a word.
Its Just a shirt.
Its Just a dress.
Its Just a book.
Its Just a boyfriend/girlfriend.
Its Just flirting.
Its Just dancing.
Its Just one day.
Its Just this one time.
Its Just one try.
Its Just a movie.
Its Just how I express myself.
Its Just a joke.
Just.
The problem with that word is that nothing is ever Just- God does not like when we make exceptions to Holiness. Its never just a book, a song, a movie, a word, a trip to the club or just one sip of alcohol.
"But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked." Luke 12:48
Don't say you are not in leadership so you don't really have to worry about what you do, don't say that your whole life people have seen you as a screw up so you are allowed to falter here and there, don't say you are not perfect so you can mess up just because you treat God's mercy as a cushion.
Romans 8 contends that we are no longer bound by sin, once we have accepted Christ we are set free. You may mess up every now and again but if you view things as "just" then everything will become excused and you will eventually lose the Holiness God wishes for you.
Christians should strive to be seen as extreme, in every other case "extreme" can be a bad thing- too occupied with work, too stressed, too excited- but when it comes to loving Christ extreme should be our goal, everyone should aim towards being a consuming fire. To do this we must erase every "just" in our life- the more "just"s we remove, the closer we may grow to holiness & the closer we can grow to really having a relationship with God.
Its not impossible, with the Holy Spirit we can do all things.
God Bless :)
