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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"BE COMPASSIONATE" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
BE COMPASSIONATE
IF A DRUNK PERSON SHOWED UP IN YOUR CHURCH TODAY, WHAT WOULD BE THE REACTION OF THE CONGREGATION? IT COULD GO TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. ONE IS THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WOULD BE APPALLED THAT A DRUNK WOULD SET FOOT IN THEIR CHURCH. THE OTHER IS THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WOULD WELCOME HIM AND MAKE HIM FEEL LOVED. WHAT WOULD YOUR REACTION BE? I HOPE IT WOULD BE THE LATTER.
WHAT IF HE GOT BORN AGAIN AND NEXT SUNDAY HE SHOWED UP DRUNK AGAIN. NOW WHAT WOULD THE REACTION BE? THE FIRST GROUP WOULD PROBABLY SAY, "I TOLD YOU SO, HE WASN'T SAVED". HOW COULD THEY KNOW, ONLY GOD KNOWS THE HEART.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GOES ON IN CHURCHES AROUND THE COUNTRY....THE HOLIER THAN THOU AND THE COMPASSIONATE. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE "HOLIER THAN THOU" PEOPLE A QUESTION. WHEN YOU GOT SAVED, WERE YOU WITHOUT SIN THAT NEXT WEEK? YOU DIDN'T TELL A LIE OR HAVE AN EVIL THOUGHT? PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN A CHRISTIAN FOR A WHILE SHOULD KNOW WHAT TO DO IF WE SIN. WE NEED TO ASK FORGIVENESS. HOWEVER, WHAT ABOUT A NEW CHRISTIAN? THEY ARE GOING TO NEED SOME GUIDANCE FOR A LITTLE WHILE. SHOULDN'T WE DO THAT?
WE ALL SHOULD NOT GET CAUGHT UP SO MUCH WITH EACH OTHER, OR OUR LITTLE GROUPS, AND PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE ONES THAT NEED HELP. JUST ASK YOURSELF, WHAT WOULD JESUS DO AND WHAT WOULD HE THINK OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING? YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD AN EASY TIME AFTER YOU GOT SAVED BUT SOME OF US WERE NOT AS GOOD AS YOU. I STRUGGLED WITH SOME OF THE THINGS I WAS DOING. THANK GOD FOR HIS MERCY AND PATIENCE. I AM ONLY HERE NOW BY HIS GRACE AND I THANK HIM FOR IT.
LET'S LET GOD'S LOVE SHOW IN US THIS NEXT WEEK AND ALWAYS. I HAVE HEARD IT SAID "IF THAT PERSON IS A CHRISTIAN THEN I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH JESUS". I WOULD HATE TO THINK I WAS THE PERSON THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE WITH LOVE AND COMPASSION. HE SAID THAT WE WERE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM AND HIS LOVE.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
