|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
|
|
|
| Wednesday, March 12, 2008 |
|
Jesus B-Now on ViewPoint
::
0 Comments
|
|
Jesus B-Now on ViewPoint
How would you describe yourself? Are you a Christian? A church member? A disciple of Christ? A follower of Christ? A child of God? All of the above? Some of the above? None of the above?
What about Jesus B? Jesus B? What in the world does that mean, you ask? Well, have you ever thought about being like Jesus—or, in shorthand, Jesus B? Doesn’t Scripture teach us that when we are redeemed by Christ, we become a part of the “body of Christ”? Doesn’t the New Testament tell us that we can have the “mind of Christ”? Doesn’t Jesus tell his first-century followers that they will be empowered to do what they had seen him do? Are we not filled with his Holy Spirit? Is it possible that we could actually in some profound ways, well, Jesus B?
Of course, we can never be Jesus-the-Savior. Only Jesus is qualified by his own sinless life to redeem others; no one else could die in our stead, atoning for our sin.
But Jesus does invite us to follow him in such a way that our footprints can become his—that our touch, our voice, our gentle gaze, our way of relating to the world, our gift of forgiveness, our humility, our reflection of his Spirit become, as the apostle Paul says, the very “fragrance of Christ.”
In the next few weeks, ViewPoint will walk through the gospel of Matthew with an eye to Jesus B. We’ll examine the model of Jesus—how he walked, how he lived, how he loved—and think about ways we might be like him. We’ll explore choices each of us can make to bring Jesus into the circumstances of our everyday world, blessing and healing the brokenness evident at every turn. In these days between the Lord’s first coming and his second coming, we are called to Jesus B.
And as we think of following Jesus in this way, maybe, just maybe, this little shorthand phrase, Jesus B, will help guard our thoughts, our lips, and our conduct as each of us asks each day, “How can I be, how can I represent, Jesus in my world today?”
Perhaps, the most important question is not how we would describe ourselves, but how others might describe us. The highest praise imaginable would be: “You are like Jesus; I see him in you.”
Tune in to ViewPoint as winter turns to spring and consider Jesus B. |
|
|
|
|
| Comments |
Currently, there are no comments. Be the first to post one!
Click here to post a comment
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|