It is not about purity or holiness, at least not according to Jesus...
It is not about worship, praise, tithes according to Jesus...
It is not about being a part of an institution, social club or cult according to Jesus...
It is ALL ABOUT...
living Agape Love... active commitment on behalf of the other... both God and Neighbor
It is ALL ABOUT...
Keeping HIS Commands, as Jesus repeatedly taught...
Abiding in HIS Word
Denying Self, Taking up the Cross and Following Jesus
what He commanded, taught and exemplified, as we have it in the Gospels...
If I want to follow Jesus, I must go where Jesus went...
I must live Agape Love, even on my way to the Cross...
Jesus, Fulfiller of the Law and Prophets... Savior and Lord of my Life...
Commands... Teaches... Exemplifies Agape Love for all who would follow Him...
So, to follow Him...
to submit my will to His Will for my life
to conform my way to His Way for how I live in this part of God's Kingdom
makes great sense to me, not just for my sake, but for the world around me...
If we lived what Jesus commanded, taught and exemplified in the world around us,
the world would be a VERY different place... an Agape Loving place...
I want to live those Kingdom Values of Jesus here and now, and hope that in some small
way it will offer light for the path of others around me...
So, what I live, what I preach and teach, what I write will be about Jesus' Way,
and my striving will be that of actively living what Jesus taught, commanded and
showed as Kingdom Values for me to live in this part of God's Kingdom...
It is a good way, the best way for me.
Pastor Jamie
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