A dangerous philosophy has made its way into Christian circles down through the years. When observed from a critical perspective, it flows contrary to the principles of Scripture, and has no place in the hearts and lives of believers. Sadly, it has destroyed the testimony of many of God’s children, leaving their churches with a bad reputation. Its origins are unclear, but it continues to pop up, even in good churches.

For some reason, some Christians think that because they are not under the Old Testament Law of its endless rules and regulations, they are free to live as if there were no law. There are some who go through their lives believing that somehow, they are better than the world around them, and deserve to both be treated better, and not held back by rules pertaining to ‘sinners.’

One place this philosophy has crept up is in businesses owned by other Christians. For some reason, there are professing believers who believe they deserve a better deal, or a break when it comes to paying for merchandise or services offered by the Christian company, just because they are Christians.

There are some who make it a regular practice of either complaining about the service received, or crying about their financial condition, expecting the business owner to feel sorry for them and cut them an exceptional deal.

Somewhere along the line, some Christians have apparently been told that they deserve more sympathy and more bargains out of life, simply because they know Christ. I’m not sure where the philosophy got its traction, but it needs to stop.

There are always folks who are struggling to get by financially. Many really fine Christians have a hard time making ends meet. I’m certainly not speaking evil of them. They are the ones who typically go out of their way to make sure they can pay their bill before incurring it. If they need more time, they humbly appeal to the owner to try and work out a better way. It is amazing how the Lord tends to provide for, and bring better deals by those who try to be fair and non-demanding.

Peter actually spoke to this philosophy in…

1 Peter 2:13a Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake…
1 Peter 2:16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

He taught that the liberties we enjoy in Christ are not to provide escape from being good testimonies, and paying our bills on time. We who know Christ should be exemplary in our business dealings and in paying those we owe.

Let’s be good examples to those in the world, and especially to other believers for Christ’s sake.