What will you do with this Man they call the Christ?

What are you doing because of your belief in God? If you say you aren’t a murderer, big deal. I know that is a good thing not to be a murderer, but really how is your life changing your world? Are you making an impact? As Christians we can say we believe the Christmas and Easter stories and though that is great, even satan believes those things. How is what you believe being acted out in your every day life? The good things we do are good things. But what are they good for? Good character will support your testimony. Have you shared your testimony lately…or ever? If we live our lives careful and safe we may keep ourselves from harmful or destructive activities (that’s good). Does God want more than that from us? Remember the story of the talents, each of the three servants was given different allotments of money and while in their care two of the servants invested (took risks) their talents with a return to the master. The third played it safe. Burying his talents, he produced no return for his master and thus lost all that was given to him. The American church is currently filled with such servants. Our good deeds can be valuable resources. Knowledge of the Bible, honesty and integrity are valuable and important. Imagine a chef with years of schooling, a nicely equipped kitchen and a well-stocked pantry and never cooks. Everything he has is good but it doesn’t do any good.

What will you do with this Man they call the Christ? How are you going to apply your life to the cause of Christ? If your thought is coming to church every week and trying to be a good person, I would like to encourage you to do better. I beg you to do better.

What will you do with this Man they call the Christ? I’m not asking what you believe about this Man, but what will you do. James says you show me your faith without deeds and I’ll show you my faith by what I do. It’s so much more that not doing bad things. The Pharisees were great at following the law. They kept from sin but were filled with sin. King David sinned often and yet he blessed God so much because of his heart for God. Step out take some risks and follow God with all of your heart. The greatest of the commandments weren’t about not doing bad things, but rather, doing great things. Loving God and loving others.