ARE YOU JESUS?!

... Why is it that people can’t tell who we are?  Why is it we have to go around telling people that we are a Christian instead of them being able to see Jesus in us?  Why is it people have to ask someone what type of mood we are in before they approach us?  Why is it they don’t want to be around us because of the way we are or the way we act? Why is it they can’t tell us from the world? And why is it that we act so righteous and holy that people have to act a certain way around us?

Ok, that is a lot to ask, but it’s something we all need to think about and pray about. If we claim to know Him, if we claim to have Christ living in us, then we should live, walk and act as He would. Knowing Him and being more like Him is two different things.  The word says devils believe and tremble. I want you to read this story before I get into the newsletter, then you will understand why I am asking you this question ~ ARE YOU JESUS?!

James 2:19 ~ Thou believest that there is one GOD; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and they tremble.

A few years ago, a group of sales reps went to a regional sales convention. They had assured their spouses that they would be home in plenty of time for Friday night's dinner. In their rush, with tickets and cases, one of these reps inadvertently kicked over a table which held a display of apples. Apples flew everywhere. Without stopping or looking back, they all managed to reach the plane in time for their nearly-missed boarding. ALL BUT ONE!!!

He paused, took a deep breath, got in touch with his feelings, and experienced a twinge of compassion for the girl whose apple stand had been overturned. He told his buddies to go on without him, waved good-bye, told one of them to call his wife when they arrived at their home destination and explain his taking a later
flight. Then he returned to the terminal where the apples were all over the terminal floor. He was glad he did.

The 16-year-old girl was totally blind! She was softly crying, tears running down her cheeks in frustration, and at the same time helplessly groping for her spilled produce as the crowd swirled about her; no one stopping and no one to care for her plight. The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the apples, put them back on the table and helped organize her display. As he did this, he noticed that many of them had become battered and bruised; these he set aside in another basket.

When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to the girl, "Here, please take this $40 for the damage we did. Are you okay?" She nodded through her tears. He continued on with, "I hope we didn't spoil your day too badly." As the salesman started to walk away, the bewildered blind girl called out to him, "Mister...." He paused and turned to look back into those blind eyes. She continued, "Are you Jesus?"

He stopped in mid-stride, and he wondered. Then slowly he made his way to catch the later flight with that question burning and bouncing about in his soul: "Are you Jesus?" Do people mistake you for Jesus? That's our destiny, is it not? To be so much like Jesus that people cannot tell the difference, as we live and interact with a world that is blind to His love, life and grace. If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk and act as He would.

Knowing Him is more than simply quoting Scripture and going to church. It's actually living the Word as life unfolds day to day. Let's be the difference the world needs to see in our day to day interactions! Satan was in Heaven with our Lord, so yes, he knows and he believes; but does that make him more like Jesus?  NO! But, that is the image that we are portraying to many people. I’ve heard (and I know you have too) people say “Well, if being a Christian is like that, then I want no part of it”

Look at how they treat people and they are in church all the time” or “And he is a minister, acting like that?” These same words and behaviors in us are the very things that are causing our fellow man not to want to be a part of fellowship. Being more like Jesus is more than simply quoting scripture and going to church.  It's actually living the Word as life unfolds day to day.  Not just talking about it when you are in church, but being the Word.

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The Voice Of Reason.

LIVE for GOD, not for MAN.

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