Posted on 07/22/2018 4:25:42 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
"In the name of Jesus Christ, I command you to stop!"
The night of Jesus’ last meal with his disciples, Jesus told Peter - who had just assured Jesus that he would never be ashamed of their relationship - that (Saint, yes) Peter would in fact deny Him, that very night, three times before the rooster had finished crowing. And that is exactly what Peter did. Peter’s third denial was even made with him swearing at the person who had put the two of them together! By the time the cock had crowed twice, Peter, hearing that, wept bitterly lamenting his own weakness. Peter ran off into the night, ashamed of himself. Jesus was, as always, right. It is still like that, when you are a Christian. At least it was/is for me. I still remember how embarrassed I was, prior to my conversion, for people who openly confessed faith in a real Jesus Christ. People made fun of them. I knew I would get fighting mad if people made fun of me. I was too cool to stand for any of that. The kindred vulnerability to criticism and rejection toward outspoken Christians had a lot to do with my reluctance to seriously consider becoming one of them. As many of you have heard me say before, when Christians would approach me on campus with the stock, “Have you found Jesus?” My reply (and I swear this was then original with me) was usually always, “No, is He lost? If I see Him, should I tell Him to get a hold of you?” (Words to that effect) To this day, at times, I confess I still occasionally get cold feet at having to talk about Jesus in front of certain folks.
So a sermon about Christ is best told in clickbait form without paragraphs?
Your blog needs work.
There was a news story years ago about an older woman whose house was invaded by two teenage toughs. She yelled at them, “In the name of Jesus Christ, I command you to stop!” They dropped everything, waited for the police to arrive and changed their lives.
There was a news story years ago about an older woman whose house was invaded by two teenage toughs. She yelled at them, “In the name of Jesus Christ, I command you to stop!” They dropped everything, waited for the police to arrive and changed their lives.
Glory to God and I ask for his forgiveness daily as I know I am a sinner . The article is great , it brings an emotion that I can only describe as a mixture of glee mixed with fear and sadness (because I know I am /was a wretch) with the joy of the knowledge that because of the salvation given to us by the blood of Jesus Christ . Glory to God , Jesus Christ and the helper .
He doesn’t respond to and likely doesn’t read posts addressed to him.
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