No King BUT Christ no. 3
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only and unique Son, so that everyone who trusts in him may have eternal life, instead of being utterly destroyed. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but rather so that through him, the world might be saved. Those who trust in him are not judged; those who do not trust have been judged already, in that they have not trusted in the one who is God’s only and unique Son” (Yochanan (Jhn) 3:16-18). God did not send Jesus to judge the world but to save the world. How much less am I to judge the world?
The world is a mess BUT Jesus offers salvation. That is the Good News? Right? Remember the Good News? Jesus was walking around and spreading the Good News of the Kingdom of God. He wasn’t spreading bad news. He wasn’t telling folks they were already judged. He wasn’t professing condemnation. Jesus was offering a hand up by coming down to us. Am I coming down off my horse of religion to help offer a hand to the lost? Is my example a light upon a hill or a stumbling block?
I am not Jesus. You are not Jesus. He alone is Jesus. I may be trying to walk in His example, an example I will not attain because He is God. BUT a lot of folks like to compare their actions to His.
Jesus did this and Jesus did that. Are you walking on water? He did that too. Are you healing the sick? He did that too. Did you die and ascend to the right hand of the Father? He did that too. Looking to Jesus as an example is great until we start to put ourselves in His place. If you want to judge folks, go around and judge your fellow Christians and not the world. I constantly need reproving and redirection. I constantly miss the mark that He set. Or maybe turn that judgmental eye to the beam in your own eye as well? I definitely can use some reflection on where I fall short of His glory.
Remember that He is our King and we are not Him. He called us to spread the Good News of His Kingdom. “Yeshua went all over the Galil teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing people from every kind of disease and sickness” (Mattityahu (Mat) 4:23).
Grace and Shalom to your home. The Kingdom of God is now!
I love you. I forgive you. Have a blessed and abundant day!
Recent Posts
See All“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven....
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Are...
“Do not give what is holy to dogs; and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under foot and turn and maul you”...
Comments