John 14:16-17 And I will ask
the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even
the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him
nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
Disciples of Christ
We are called to be Disciples of Christ. The Christian life
is all about discipleship. What does this mean? Isn’t it a bit of arrogance to
say, “I am a disciple of Christ”? No not at all, a disciple is a follower BUT
and this is a big BUT to BE a follower you must walk in the Lord. I’ve already
touched on, YOU are the Church, I’ve brushed on you being a reader, believer,
follower, and I’ve also asked which are you: soil, flower or ROCK.
Did you ever have someone knock on
your door handing you a tract and say can we talk to you a minute? When you
open the door you’re offended by seeing this person spewing Jesus stuff. NO,
I’m not a Jehovah’s Witness, I believe in the trinity and they see God as God,
Jesus as a man. But I’m not here to debunk their Commission of Christ in which
they take to a level you and I might never understand.
God commands us to a Great
Commission and that is discipleship. Spreading His word is a part of that
commission but you must be well versed in what you’re doing. You must know the
bible not just spew it out with a pretty pic. I’m sure all manner of putting
out the Word of Christ is acceptable to Christ but also He is watching the
character of who is doing the spewing.
I’ve said before people think I’m
a Jesus freak and I’m okay with that. But let me tell you, if a person ever
said one time to me, “You sure don’t act like a Christian.” That statement
would offend me. You know why? Because they are seeing my character as
hypocritical to the message and Light that I’m putting out there.
I’m not saying this out of
arrogance or conceit, but people HAVE told me that they see a Light shine from
me and the only explanation they have is that God is shining His Light through
me.
I John 2:4 “He
that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the
truth is not in him”
As a writer, I learned about
character. The character in a book is a person that you create, give
personality to and allow people to see them and judge for themselves if they
are the protagonist or the antagonist. Even if your character is a good person,
loving, giving caring, then they rob a bank, shooting five people in the
process, you get the idea of their character and what has shaped them.
The same goes for a Christian;
character is what has shaped you and what you carry and show to the world.
Jesus’ disciples show to the world the Light of Him and all he has done and
will continue to do.
A false witness is one who carries the
Word but his character reveals something else, something hiding, lurking like a
shadow instead of a Light. He pretends to carry the Light and sometimes shows
the Light to the world, but the character of his actions speaks volumes.
What you do that you DON’T show the
world is your character and this is exactly what the world can see coming from
you. To be a disciple of Christ, you must carry Christ with you in all aspects
of your day, not just what you pick-and-choose to show the world because more
times than not, they’ll see through the veil.
I think of Judas Iscariot, he was a
reader, believer and follower of Christ but in the end, his true character
showed through thus betraying the very Man that had come to save sinners. I do
not see him as a disciple of Christ because he betrayed the trust the apostle’s
and Christ himself had put in him.
To be a disciple of Christ is not to
betray Christ, His mission, His commandments or His work by picking and
choosing wrong over right. Being a disciple is to choose RIGHT every time even
if it hurts, through patience, diligence, honesty and righteousness. Men, who
see through the veil and into your soul, thus exposing the inner depth of Light in your
character, see discipleship.
Go with God my friend…
Matthew 28:19–20 “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to
observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you”
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