by Joe La Bianca I have had the privilege of corresponding with my favorite singer. I’ll leave him nameless, but suffice it to say that he is recognized as the best singer that rock has ever known. He wrote an encouraging statement to me that got me thinking. I would like to share it with you. He said, “Don’t ever be discouraged by those who have not experienced God’s mercy, His kindness and His love.”
Sometimes, as Christians, we can get dismayed by all the things that unbelievers say about Jesus. Sometimes we can even get mad at them, and lash out. It seems that, in these last days, every person has his own opinion about who Jesus is. It is rare to hear of the objective Jesus. By objective Jesus, I mean the Jesus we can clearly see from the New Testament; the Jesus that is not subjective, from one’s own thinking.
The objective Jesus is the Savior of the world. He is the Person of the four gospels, the Person who Paul preached. Paul said in Galatians 1:8, “But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.”
So, how do we react when someone preaches another Jesus? If we remember the quote from this singer, we will be happier people who are not easily upset when folks blaspheme. If we get mad too easily, we betray our own position. Only people who are weak in their faith, get rattled and angry. But if we remember that those poor people who say wrong things about Jesus have never known God’s love and kindness, we can have pity on them instead of anger.
Christians have the advantage of knowing the love and peace of God. Non-believers do not have such an advantage. They can only see things from the despair of being lost and confused.
Here’s a good way to view the unsaved. View them the way Paul viewed unbelieving Israel. Be sorrowful over their lost condition. Pray that they will be saved by believing in Jesus, just as Paul prayed for Israel. When these lost souls see your confidence and love, this will draw them closer to salvation, instead of pushing them further away from the faith.
This is the faith summed up: Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, He was buried, and on the third day He rose from the dead, according to the scriptures. By simple faith in this truth, you are saved.
P.S. If you want to know who that singer is, Email me or send me a message.