Grace to the Unbelieving World
Today’s Reading: Luke 9:52-56
Focal Verse: Luke 9:56a
“For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.”
If you walk as a true disciple of Christ, you will suffer persecution (1 John 2:6). If you say that Jesus is the only way (John 14:6) to heaven, you will be accused of being narrow-minded and intolerant.
As you hear Christians slandered and reviled in the media and in your daily life, remember that Jesus said, “A servant is not greater than his master.” (John 15:20) As Christ came through the Samaritan village on His way to worship in Jerusalem, the Samaritans were offended that Jesus insisted that Jerusalem, where His Father had commanded, was the proper place to worship. They had their own self-made temple with their own humanly altered religion. They rejected Him.
As you stand for Christ, you also will be rejected by some. Respond as Jesus did. Not with angry, hurtful and destructive words, but with His loving grace. Look at them as lost and dying people who need the salvation of Christ…just as you did.
It is easier to listen to media stories and get mad and debate, rather than get on your knees in prayer for these people. Commit to pray for those that the Lord shows you need Him.
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