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Comment by Sathish Kumar ( Dan) on July 24, 2013 at 3:24am

Dummying Down Jesus

The modern world, which denies personal guilt and admits only social crimes, which has no place for personal repentance but only public reforms, has divorced Christ from His cross…as a result, to the left is the Cross; to the right is Christ.

Communism comes along and picks up the meaningless Cross; Western post-Christian civilization chooses the unscarred Christ.

The cross without Christ is sacrifice without love.

But a Christ without a sacrifice that reconciles the world to God is a cheap, feminized, colorless, itinerant preacher.

The sentimental Christ…without His Cross becomes nothing more than a sultry precursor of democracy or a humanitarian who taught brotherhood without tears.

We have chosen an “unscarred Christ.

We have dummied down Christ. We’ve turned Him into some hippie-dippie love child who tolerates anything and everything.

His famous words to the woman caught in adultery has been revised from, “Go, and sin no more,” to, “Go, and live it up!”

The world has dictated a new Christ to us, and the church bought it hook, line and sinker.

We need to be more tolerant. We need to be quiet. We need to be soft spoken. We need to be passive. We need to be more open minded. We need to get with the times.

We need to modernize God and the cross, which simply means we forget Christ ever hung on it. Instead we see Jesus as a “peace keeper.

Jesus did NOT keep the peace. He stirred things up drastically! 

We’ve forgotten that Christ overturned the tables at the Temple and even made a whip to drive the sellers out! He demanded—not in a soft tone, but in a hearty holler—for them to leave His Father’s house.

We forget that Christ called out the religious leaders time and time again, putting them in their place.

We forget that Christ even said to His followers, “How long must I put up with you?” with their constant squabbling and competitions. 

We forget that Christ pushed the limits and confronted sin—not glazed over it.

We forget that Christ told parables knowing full well it would offend the Pharisees. We forget that Christ challenged everyone’s way of living and thinking, knowing full well they would be persecuted for it.

We forget that Jesus knew that people were fake and only followed Him for what He could do for them, and not for Who He was.

We forget that Christ told us we would lose family and friends if we followed Him, or worse yet, lose our lives. But that’s too radical.

That’s a rebellious Christ, not the peaceful Jesus, who was a nice, kind teacher.

We don’t want a radical God, and we surely don’t want a rebellious One. 

If Jesus doesn’t have holes in His hands and feet, and a scar on His side when you consider Him, you’ve dummied Him down.

If Christ is allowing sin to now be “normal” and justified, then you’ve dummied Him down.

If Christ is easy to get along with, then you’ve dummied Him down.

If Christ is soft spoken and only speaks of happiness, wealth and peace, then you’ve dummied Him down.  You cannot have the Cross without Christ, or Christ without scars.

And you can’t reinvent Jesus to be what the world demands Him to be so they feel better about themselves.

Jesus never lied to the people about their sin, and He’s not going to start now

Comment by Sathish Kumar ( Dan) on July 21, 2013 at 5:11pm

Comment by Sathish Kumar ( Dan) on July 21, 2013 at 5:05am

Happy Birthday Rue

God Bless you :)

 

Comment by Sathish Kumar ( Dan) on July 17, 2013 at 2:32am

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Comment by Sathish Kumar ( Dan) on July 13, 2013 at 4:53pm

Comment by Sathish Kumar ( Dan) on July 9, 2013 at 3:19am

A Mark of Honour

Avoiding a fight is a mark of honour; only fools insist on quarrelling --- Proverbs 20:3

For most people, it can be easy to start a fight but hard to end one.

It’s easy to get offended and say things that we know we shouldn’t, but once you get started, it’s difficult to stop.

It’s hard to let it go.

That’s why the scripture tells us that it’s much better not to ever even start a quarrel.

If you want God to honour you, if you want to enjoy your life to the fullest, then always strive to be a peacemaker.

Be the kind of person who goes the extra mile to avoid an unnecessary argument.

Make your home a place of peace.

Choose to be in harmony with your spouse and the people you live your daily life with.

The Bible says that you are blessed when you are a peacemaker.

So today, look for ways to make peace.

Choose to overcome strife and wear the mark of honour He has given to you.

Comment by Sathish Kumar ( Dan) on July 9, 2013 at 3:00am

Hi Morgan

Comment by Sathish Kumar ( Dan) on July 2, 2013 at 3:13am

 5 Life Tips

1. Find the gift in each day.

"How you start the day is going to determine what kind of day you have. Instead of waking up and thinking, 'I don't want to go to work today,' focus on positive things like coming home to your family or a fun lunch you're having with a colleague."

2. Don't give away your power.

"Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you're doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you."

3. Know whom to ignore.

"A disagreement or incident involving someone who's not that important to you, like a guy who cut you off in traffic or a rude cashier, is something that should roll off your shoulders. Save the effort for resolving conflicts with the people you cherish."

4. Be a victor, not a victim.

"You're going to go through tough times––that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events ".

5. Celebrate others' success.

"We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It's ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you."

Comment by Grace Mercy on June 29, 2013 at 8:36am

Responding To Failure

“A righteous person may fall…but he gets up again.” Pr 24:16 GWT

You can tell a lot about somebody by how they respond to life. Everybody gets knocked down, but how fast you get up again is what counts. Verla Gillmor says: “Failure teaches us things we can’t learn any other way…Treat it as a visitor allowed to deliver unpleasant news, but don’t let it take up residence. Remember, all failures aren’t equal. For example, when a beautiful, talented young woman is first-runner-up in the Miss America Pageant, we say she failed. Yet some people would give their right arm to be named the second most attractive female in a national competition. It’s a matter of perspective… [examine] your failures and weigh them according to their importance in the overall scheme of things…I once received a ‘D’ in college…it’s ridiculous, but that sticks in my mind like a pebble in my shoe. Why do I fixate on that and not the fact that it happened the semester I carried nineteen credit hours, worked part-time, got engaged, and spent six weeks in the college health center with mononucleosis? When I put the experience in context, it loses its power to undermine my confidence. Failure teaches us what’s important. I’ve a friend who was downsized out of a job…It caught her by surprise because she was good at her work. ‘I tended to be full of pride,’ she says. ‘I got away with it because I was so successful. Losing my job…humbled me. With pride you have no permission to fail. It’s a heavy yoke…and I don’t wear it any more. I feel lighter in my spirit without the burden of having to be perfect.’”

Comment by Grace Mercy on June 29, 2013 at 8:33am

wow.. such an encouraging and challenging and an eye opener story for us all. Praise God! 

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