3-22-17=OTHER CHRISTS

JOURNAL=3-22-17=OTHER CHRISTS




“Do NOT think
That I have come
To abolish the law
….....
I have come not to abolish
BUT TO FULFILL
….....
UNTIL heaven and earth pass away
Not the smallest letter
Or the smallest part of a letter
Will pass from the law” Matthew 5:17-18


WE can NOT earn
Our way in to heaven
By keeping the commandments
Or ANY
Or all parts of the LAW


We can ONLY make heaven
By ACCEPTING the GRACE
That God and Christ OFFERS us


And by doing our BEST
To LOVE God and LOVE OTHERS
Just as Jesus did


We can NEVER BE PERFECT LIKE CHRIST
But we can say “YES”-and
ACCEPT his grace
And LOVE to the BEST
Of our ability
In this world


LET us do our best
To IMITATE Christ-and be SMALLER-
“OTHER” Christs in this world


In Jesus' name,


Robert P. Wallman
3-22-17












WITNESS




8-5-13




OTHER CHRISTS


If we are true Christians
True true Christians
Our mission in life
Is to become other Christ’s
Albeit
Maybe smaller---more miniature versions
And to make his word---God’s word
Come alive in today’s world


Picture this


You meet your cousin
At the river
He baptizes you
And as you come up
Out of the water
Heaven opens up
And the Spirit of God
In the form of a dove
Descends upon you


Lightening flashes on him
And a voice says,


“This is my dear Son
With whom I am well pleased” Mark 3:13-17


You—one of John’s disciples
Take this all in
From that moment on
You know that your life
Will never be the same


John himself said,
“I must decrease---and he must increase”
From that moment on
John’s disciples followed Jesus


So must it be with us
If we are truly to become other Christ’s
In this world


We must die to ourselves---our selfish sinful selves
And as Jesus himself said,
“If anyone would come after me
He must deny himself
And take up his cross
And follow me” Mark 8:31


We live in a Godless society
Becoming a little more so each day


A poet once wrote:
“He has
No hands but your hands
He has no feet
But your feet
He has no mouth
But your mouth…….”


If God’s word
Is to truly come alive again
In today’s world
It is up to us


Saint Paul once said,
“I have been crucified with Christ
And I no longer live
But Christ lives in me


The life I live in the body
I live by faith in the Son of God
Who loved me
And gave himself for me” Galatians 2:20


Each one of us
Has been handcrafted by God
Our own unique selves
To live a life---and do a job
That no one else can do
Only us


And part of that job
Is to make God come alive again
In today’s world


Finally---dear Lord
We pray
That you shine in us and through us


And we become so much like you
That when the world looks at us
It sees no longer us


BUT YOU---OTHER CHRISTS


In today’s world


Robert P. Wallman
10-29-11




---GOD’S LOVE IS FREE---WE JUST HAVE TO SAY YES




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