WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?


What does it mean
To be a DISCIPLE
Of Jesus?


The disciples were HIDING
In a locked room
WHEN Jesus approached them


He was
BEARING the wounds
Of the crucifixion
And offering PEACE


“Jesus said to them again=
'PEACE be with you=
As the FATHER
Has sent me
So I send you'


And when he said this=
He BREATHED on them
And said to them
'RECEIVE the Holy Spirit'” John 20:21-22


He then sent them out
To SPEAK for him
In this world


And he sends us out
To SPEAK for him too
In this world


We are CALLED
To be DISCIPLES of Christ
And speak for him


SPREAD the good news


“But the word of GOD
Continued to SPREAD
And flourish” Acts 12:24


“In this way
The word of the Lord
SPREAD widely
And grew in power” Acts 19:20


“We sent Timothy
Who is our brother
And co-worker


In God's service
In SPREADING
The gospel of Christ.......” 1 Thessalonians 3:2


So what does it MEAN
To be a DISCIPLE
OF CHRIST?


It means leaving
That locked room-or
WHEREVER I/we HIDE
From the world-
And MAKING PEACE


Making PEACE with all
In the NAME of Christ
And God our Father


Moving forward in conversation
And LEADING toward understanding


PEACE is both an OFFERING
From Jesus=
And the RECEIVING
Of the peace
That Jesus offers


And we have to OFFER
That peace of God
To all others


“A heart at PEACE
Gives life to the body=
But envy
Rots the bones” Proverbs 14:30


“Blessed are the PEACEMAKERS=
For they will be called
Children of God” Matthew 5:9


And they will be called
DISCIPLES OF CHRIST!


Dear Lord=BREATHE on to us
This PENTECOST=and make us
YOUR DISCIPLES OF PEACE


In the name of Jesus=and his PEACE LOVING FATHER!


Robert P. Wallman
4-19-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Elizabeth Duffy