Are you persecuted for Christ's sake...or your own?

1 Peter 4:12-15: 

Pay special attention to the last part of that last verse.  Peter is telling us here that we are not be a "busybody".  What is a busybody?  Other translations say "meddler" (NKJV) or "inspector" (Young's Literal Translation).  What does that mean to us?

Simply:  Mind your own business!

For too long, the church has appointed itself as the Sin Detectives of this world.  This SHOULD NOT BE!  We are not called to judge this world, we are called to bring this world to Christ.  We only have to look at the Great Commission to know what we are supposed to be doing.

Mark 16:15: 

Notice that He didn't tell us to go out and find sin and root it out.  He didn't tell us to shout from the rooftops what is or isn't sin, and which sins are "more sinful" than others.  (sarcasm added)  He told us to preach the gospel to every creature.  Well, you may be asking, what is the Gospel that we are to be preaching.  Here is where it gets real easy...

John 3:16:  For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosever believeth in Him, should not perish but have everlasting life.

We are to tell the world about what Jesus did!!!  We are operating outside of our mandate if we spend our time discussing SIN!  The main reason that people reject Christ is because they have been turned off by the self-appointed Sin Detectives of this world. 

No wonder people think of Christians as bigoted, judgemental hypocrites.  That is how religion teaches Christians how to act. 

The focus should always be on the Love of Christ, and not the judgement of the Law.  Christ came to redeem us from the law, therefore, we have no right to judge others BY the Law.

Remember this:  It is none of your business what other people are doing.  Jesus made that pretty clear:

Matthew 7:1-5:  Judge not, that ye be not judged. (2) For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. (3) And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? (4) Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? (5) And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: (13) But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. (14) If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. (15) But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.