{"id":3730,"date":"2026-02-03T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/?p=3730"},"modified":"2026-01-21T12:05:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:05:43","slug":"why-is-christ-hard-to-believe-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/why-is-christ-hard-to-believe-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Christ Hard to Believe In?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3734\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Christianity-Lewis-011526-scaled.png?resize=525%2C312&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Christianity, living like Christ\" width=\"525\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Christianity-Lewis-011526-scaled.png?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Christianity-Lewis-011526-scaled.png?resize=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Christianity-Lewis-011526-scaled.png?resize=1024%2C608&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Christianity-Lewis-011526-scaled.png?resize=768%2C456&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Christianity-Lewis-011526-scaled.png?resize=1536%2C913&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Christianity-Lewis-011526-scaled.png?resize=2048%2C1217&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Christianity-Lewis-011526-scaled.png?resize=1320%2C784&amp;ssl=1 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>And why is Christ Hard to Believe In?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">People are often not rejecting Christ Himself; they reject a distorted image of Him created by human failure, cultural noise, and personal wounds. Most reasons are relational and experiential, grounded in distrust, pain, disappointment, or fear rather than in logic alone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The most significant cause of atheism today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips but deny Him by their actions. That\u2019s what an unbelieving world can\u2019t believe.\u201d &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brennan_Manning\">Brennan Manning.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Distorted Image of Christ<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If people are rejecting a distorted image of Christ instead of Christ Himself, then the conversation is no longer about winning arguments. It becomes about clearing away the fog that hides who He really is.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most people have never met the Christ of the Gospels.<br \/>\nThey have met:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>the Christ of politics<\/li>\n<li>the Christ of shame<\/li>\n<li>the Christ of control<\/li>\n<li>the Christ of hypocrisy<\/li>\n<li>the Christ of cultural religion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But those are not Him. Those are human projections laid on top of Him.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Real Christ<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jesus did not reject broken people; He rejected the self-righteous. He did not crush doubt; He welcomed it closer. Christ did not use power; He emptied Himself of it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When someone says they reject Christ, they usually mean:\u00a0 &#8220;I reject what I\u2019ve seen done in His name,&#8221; &#8220;I reject the version of God that was used to wound me,&#8221; and &#8220;I reject a God who looks nothing like love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And honestly\u2026 they should.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Because a Christ who is petty, manipulative, tribal, or cruel isn&#8217;t truly Christ at all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>It shifts responsibility to where it truly belongs. Not onto unbelievers for \u201cnot seeing,\u201d but onto believers for \u201cnot revealing.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We are not called to defend Christ as if He were fragile; we are called to reflect Him as if He were alive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And when He is seen clearly, without fear, power, and ego clouding the view, He becomes surprisingly hard to reject. The most vivid image of Christ most people will ever see isn&#8217;t a sermon or a verse. It is a life quietly reflecting His character.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">How to Change the World View<\/h2>\n<p>Be a person who:<\/p>\n<p>\u21d2 Is safe to be around.<br \/>\nChrist was safe to be around. The broken were not afraid of Him. Children ran toward Him. Sinners stayed in His presence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Psalm 46:1, <\/strong>\u201cGod is our place of safety. He gives us strength. He is always there to help us in times of trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u21d2 Listens more than they speak.<br \/>\nJesus asked questions that let people reveal themselves. Listening is not passive; it is a form of love. When someone feels heard, defenses soften.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 John 5:14,<\/strong> \u201cThis is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u21d2 Refuse to weaponize truth.<br \/>\nTruth without grace feels like condemnation. Grace without truth feels like indifference. Christ carried both without crushing either.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John 8:32, <\/strong>\u201cThen you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u21d2 Let repentance be visible.<br \/>\nNothing dismantles a distorted image of Christ faster than a believer who can say, \u201cI was wrong.\u201d Pride hardens. Humility disarms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthew 3:8, <\/strong>\u201cProduce fruit in keeping with repentance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u21d2 Loves without an agenda.<br \/>\nChrist loved first and let transformation follow. Love that expects nothing in return looks divine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lamentations 3:22-23, <\/strong>\u201cThe Lord loves us very much. So we haven\u2019t been destroyed. His loving concern never fails. His great love is new every morning. Lord, how faithful you are!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u21d2 Lives mercifully in small places.<br \/>\nKindness in traffic. Patience in frustration. Integrity when no one sees. These are the pixels that form the picture of Christ.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ephesians 2:4-5, <\/strong>&#8220;But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You don\u2019t \u201cfix\u201d the world\u2019s image of Christ. You become one clear window.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One honest reflection. One life that quietly says, \u201cHe is better than what you were shown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>James 3:17, <\/strong>&#8220;But the wisdom that comes from heaven is pure. That\u2019s the most important thing about it. And that\u2019s not all. It also loves peace, considers others, obeys, and is full of mercy and good fruit. It is fair, not pretending to be what it is not.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And why is Christ Hard to Believe In? 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