BEHAVE LIKE A CHRISTIAN

BEHAVE LIKE A CHRISTIAN


It is NOT ENOUGH
To say we are a
CHRISTIAN society


We have to ASK ourselves
About our Christian BEHAVIOR=where
Is the LOVE=the kindness=
The forgiveness


Where is the Christian behavior
In our world?
In our country?
WHERE is the LOVE for
Our brothers and sisters in Christ?
For ALL people?=Christ lived and died
For all


“Then to what
Shall I COMPARE
The people of this generation?


What are they like?
They are like children-
Who SIT in the marketplace-
And CALL to one another


'We PLAYED the flute for you
But you did not dance
We sang a dirge
But you did NOT weep'” Luke 7-31-32


This passage could-
Just as easily BE
About today=as some 2,000 years ago


Jesus could just as easily
ASK us the SAME question


As we have to ANSWER
That we often behave
Like CHILDREN in the marketplace


Pitting ourselves ONE against another-
Name calling-deriding others' beliefs-
Jealousy-insecurity-etc., etc., etc.


And what about OUR political system=
BEHAVING so childishly


Where is the CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOR
In today's world=we are ALL
In this TOGETHER


“The disciples were CALLED
Christians first at Antioch” Acts 11:26


A Christian should EMBODY
The TRAITS of Christ-the LOVE=the KINDNESS=
The FORGIVENESS


WALK like a CHRISTIAN=Talk
Like a Christian=
GIVE UP your love for one another=
Be in UNITY with each other


“Then Agrippa said to Paul
'Do you think that-
In such a short time
You can PERSUADE me
To be a Christian?'” Acts 26:28


“Paul replied,
'SHORT TIME or long-I PRAY to God
That NOT only you
But all who


Who are LISTENING to me today
May BECOME
What I am---except
For these chains'” Acts 26:29


And that is the ATTITUDE
That we ALL should have
As CHRISTIANS-to LIVE our lives
In such a way=that others
WANT to be like us


That is the STORY of
OUR SAINT for today


Saints Andrew-Paul Chong and their companions=
They ILLUSTRATE the SUMMIT
Of CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOR


These martyrs gave up their lives
And fought strict prohibition
To bring CHRIST to the people
Of an isolated country


Their CHRISTIAN message
Threatened the security
Of those in POWER


They SPOKE about Christ
And brought Christianity
To the people of KOREA


“BUT do this with
GENTLENESS and RESPECT


Keeping a CLEAR conscience
So that those
Who speak maliciously


AGAINST your good behavior in Christ
May be ASHAMED
Of their slander” 1 Peter 3:15-16


Live the GOOD life
Live the CHRISTIAN LIFE=
Make other people
Want to be like you


In the name of Jesus and HIS most HEAVENLY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
9-16-17 for Wednesday 9-20-17




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Deborah Meister