It takes some work for me to avoid both sarcasm and taking the offensive. But when someone says to me “I like Jesus, just not the Bible”—on a good day, I respond, “Tell me what you like about Jesus.” How would you respond?
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If I am honest, I betray Jesus—why & what can I do?
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Our confidence in Jesus should not be based on sappy sentimentality, but rather his strength.
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The simple standard for the test is Jesus behavior is the Word of God.
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When you look at where Jesus has taken you, are you willing to go?
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Jesus starts his ministry in the middle diverse center of commerce.
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What is the deepest root of your life?
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When you are proving a point—to the limit—there is some wrestling
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Jesus and the Gospel is so new, and so completely fulfills all of God’s designs, that all the human ideas- past, present, and future, find their meaning in Jesus. You don’t “fill Jesus” into something. Jesus fills you. You don’t tack Jesus onto something. Jesus makes all things new.
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Jesus calls us to engage those around us, even if it makes us uncomfortable. Who has Jesus put in your path to engage?
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Do you believe that today Jesus can forgive your sins and make you whole? Many people will believe that Jesus lived. That He taught. That He did amazing things. Many people believe in some parts of the Jesus of the past. But what about Jesus of the present? Do you believe?
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As humans we are formed by our experiences. Our fully human Jesus was being formed by this experience, formed for the ultimate moment when he will go to the Cross, to defeat the forces of sin which have writhed havoc on His very good creation.
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Today, in Christianity, some people can tell you the day (date and time) when they turned to follow Jesus. That is a cool thing. There are other people, who have spent their entire lives raised in a Christian home. They’ve always known the love of God. They’ve always known Jesus.
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I worry we are “selling the wrong sort of Jesus”, so that when people do accept Him as Savior, they are unprepared to follow Him into the inevitable battle as Lord.
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Just like marriage, the degree to which we “do things” is completely a function of the depth of our relationship with the other person. Therefore, the depth of our worship, etc., is a function of how well we know God.
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I can envision him looking ahead at what he will face, especially as he stands before Caesar. This time of reflection allows him, reminds him, of all God has done to bring him this far. That God will not forsake him—in all he takes courage.
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At the end of the day, after all the talking and reading and staring at the ceiling—what we each do with Jesus is the single most important thing we can ever do in our lives PERIOD.
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Jesus is the person who is the answer to the question, “How can I know God?” And when you come into relationship with him, then He truly is the answer to everything. Where are you with Jesus? Do you see him as a good-guy, a great teacher—or do you call him Lord?
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Therefore, let’s not worry that we perhaps could use more training. We could always use more training. Let’s get out there and share the love of Jesus—and His Word.
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Yet being followers of Jesus demands that the love of God penetrate us deeply, and that this love overflow for others. That is easy for me to write—and hard for me to live. Whenever I find myself struggling with some of these relationships, my first approach is to turn to God, to seek Him, to love Him more—only then can His love flow from me.
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