If you say you’re a Christian, what does it say to other
people when you’re just as angry, bitter, harsh, and hostile as everybody else?
In John 13:35, Jesus said – By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. Now you might say Jesus was only talking about love amongst the disciples, not other people. But even with that, if you keep redefining who is and isn’t a disciple, your circle keeps getting smaller. It’s like the parable of the Good Samaritan, when the man asked, “Who is my neighbor?” He didn’t want to know who to love, he wanted to know who he didn’t have to. But Jesus said that everyone is your neighbor.
Christians need to live like the gospel makes a difference, like Jesus is better than all the stuff that makes people mad. Live like someone who’s been transformed by their faith in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. That’s what your world needs now.
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