Dear brothers and sisters,
Loving greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Today let us see about the real situation in life through
which a follower of Jesus Christ will go through in this world
as per our Master’s prediction. The followers of Jesus Christ
are called here the sheep and the worldly people (who may not
know the lord Jesus Christ) among whom they are suppose to go
and witness for the lord Jesus Christ are called the wolfs in
a figurative manner to show the type of relationship they may
find in this world. But, one thing is very sure that both the
wolf and the sheep cannot go a long way as friends in any given
circumstance in this world. That is why Jesus also told to His
disciples in advance, if the world hate you because of me do not
wonder about it as in Mat 10:22, “All men will hate you
because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.”
So, when all the people hate us because of the lord Jesus Christ
that is the time we must stand firm in our faith otherwise we
will lose our salvation and get backslidden from our Christian
commitment. These sufferings only make us to get the blessings
of God as in Luke 6:22, “Blessed are you when men hate you,
when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil,
because of the Son of Man.”
Jesus told his disciples to do two things here
on this earth (those who follow him very sincerely) to be watchful
as in Mat 10:16, “Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as
innocent as doves.” There are two things we must keep in
mind and do as a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. First of all,
we must pray and develop our shrewdness (that is wisdom from God)
even if we born in this world with a little knowledge and wisdom
to act we need not to worry because our lord Jesus Christ is the
real wisdom and if we ask Him in faith he will give us this as
in James 1:5, “If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask
God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it
will be given to him.” Secondly, we must live a very innocent
life (blameless, guiltless) like a dove. So that when our lord
comes we will be worthy and be qualified to be with Him in the
second coming.
May the lord help each one of us to be really
very bold since there will be persecutions and oppositions in
this world, if we follow the lord Jesus Christ and try to be His
witness for the lord among those who do not know Him. Amen.
Your Web-Site Pastor,
Rev.
Dr. T. Marcus Devasahayam
Web-site: www.barodabibleclub.org
e-mail: marcusbbc@yahoo.com
Mobile: 91-9327243600 ,Church 3096882 / 5540651.
Res : 3, 2nd floor, Arpita Complex, Priyalaxmi Mills Road, Vadodara
– 390003, Gujarat, India, Phone:91-265-2335651.
