The Real Jesus
Dear Champions,
The short excerpt is by Tim Keller, and the Scripture is Luke 9:23-24 Then he said to them all: "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.
If you see the real Jesus, then you are attracted to Him. If you are attracted to Jesus, then that shows that you are at least looking. When I see someone who is attracted to Christ, but he says, "I don't want this. This will ruin my life, and my family will laugh at me. This will probably change everything, and I don't want this." I'm much happier about your state of condition than the people who have never struggled or wrestled.
Until you see not only the attractiveness of Jesus but also the utter demands that intimidate and scare you to death, you haven't really come to grips with the real Jesus. People that say, "Of course I have always believed, but I don't believe that you need to get fanatical about religion." These type of people haven't seen the real Jesus.
Champions, have a great week!-David Vining
P.S. The gospel message is that you are more sinful, evil and weak than you ever dared believe, but you are more valued, accepted and loved than you ever dared hope.
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