He is not your home-boy as the shirt states; nor is he the co-pilot as the ridiculous bumper sticker implies. Jesus didn't come to start a fashion line. He didn't suffer the most excruciating death by crucifixion to have his name simply put on a bracelet reading "WWJD?" Churches find that marketing Jesus using funny t-shirt sayings and silly slogans work the best to bring in congregates. Jesus is not for sale.
He is our Lord, our Master and our Savior. We use capitalistic principles to share his message of forgiveness and grace; how ludicrous! It is okay to wear a WWJD? shirt and bulletin boards with sayings of Jesus plastered on advertizements. But we simply limit ourselves to this cultural means of getting messages out. We must realize that Jesus is not for sale. It is harmful because the world views Jesus as a marketing figure over a savior. He can be used in Family Guy episodes to play magic tricks and make crude jokes, and our culture loves it. We feed off this marketed Jesus like he is suppose to give us humor and good charm.
Jesus was not a magical Hoodini-type nor was he a quick witted comedian. Stop looking at God like He is a side-kick or a fun name to put on your facebook religious status. Jesus Christ showed us how to have a relationship with God, not how to make us chuckle at bulletin boards. As church bodies, we must stop using the market to make Jesus appealing and worldly lovable. He didn't come to entertain or give a silly list of dos & don'ts. He died for sin and gave us life. So, why do we try to sell him?
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