Being a follower of Jesus Christ does
not mean being a nice person, it means being OBEDIENT to Jesus Christ
and being pleasing to Him in everything that we do even though we
will offend other people at times. If we follow Jesus Christ we will
be hated by all men, we will be rejected, we will be persecuted.
People will be offended at us because they were offended at Jesus. If
Jesus Christ is in us and His words are in us people will not like
us, especially sinners and sinning Christians will hate us, they will
not tolerate us because we will speak the truth.
Being a follower of Jesus Christ means
being disciplined and it means that we discipline our children. We do
not just let them have their way. We don't give them what they like,
we give them what God wants us to give them, that includes
discipline. That includes teaching them to OBEY Jesus Christ and to
submit to authority. If we ourselves do not submit to the authority
of Christ then we cannot teach others, to be disciplined and OBEDIENT
to Him. We have to obey Jesus Christ in all things and teach others
to do the same. That is what is required of a disciple of Jesus
Christ.
It is not enough just to believe in
Jesus, we have to OBEY Him, obey His words. Jesus said:”Why do you
call Me Lord, Lord and you do not what I say?” If we love Him we
will obey Him. If we disregard Him then we reject Him, we deny Him
and He will deny us. If we follow Jesus Christ we will be LIKE HIM
and like Him we will be rejected by this world. We will not be NICE
people, we will be HOLY and RIGHTEOUS, the LIGHT OF THE WORLD and the
SALT OF THE EARTH.
To follow Jesus Christ is not NICE but
it is the only way to have eternal life. We cannot seek the
acceptance of people AND the approval of Jesus Christ. If we are
acceptable to Jesus then we will be rejected by this world. Are we
seeking the approval of Jesus or the acceptance of men?
May Jesus bless you.
That's very true because people can be nice to other. They don't believe Jesus Christ.
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