UNLEASHED MISSION: JESUS not JUST ANOTHER THING that WORKS

³ During the forty days after his crucifixion, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive. And he talked to them about the Kingdom of God.  Acts.1:3

When we tend to think of Jesus rising from the dead, many of us feel like well He had to, because Thomas doubted that He was the real deal, but he wasn't the only one.  As a matter of fact, he showed himself to at least 500 folks over 40 days, to prove that He really was who He said He was, and that He had one exactly what He said He would do.   Which had to be inspiring to know that you chose right, or at least it seemed that way.

But even still today, people doubt Jesus, and the relevance of Christianity in our post-modern world.  But you know what....even then accepting Jesus as the Son of God, the Risen Lord, wasn't quite working well for the first batch of Christians.   Remember they were being sought after by the likes of Roman gov't, Saul (later converted to Paul) and others that wanted to persecute this new church.   There was no prosperity gospel being preached folks...it was come and die.   Think about that.....come and die...and this hasn't changed.  The reality is Christianity is about modeling the behaviors of Christ, and we need to take a harder look at what it really means to live a life of sacrifice.   Cause if you aren't living currently for the betterment of your children, your community, your co-workers, the ultimate advancement of HIS KINGDOM...then you aren't living a true Christian life.

I know, some of you were told accept Christ and everything would be fine......WRONG.  Accept Jesus and you may have to hate your father and mother.   Accept Jesus, and you may have to pluck out an eye, or cut off a hand.   Accept Jesus, you will have to die daily........see accepting Jesus goes against our flesh...but as far as it working for you, or how is that, how will that work for you.....?

I'll close with this...ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER for the GOOD of THEM that LOVE THE LORD, and are called according to His purpose!   So no matter whether you are being hated, or people are saying all manner of things about you, or you are suffering for His name sake.......cheer up, they hated Christ first, and because you represent Him....continue to love them as He does, and you can look forward to sharing in His Glory!  NOW THAT WORKS FOR ME!  LGLP