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What Does A Christian Look Like? - Trusting God In Tough Times Daily Devotional
Do Christians look like perfect people? No. We have to sincerely try our best to live as Christ would have us live, but we are not able to be perfect at doing that. Read Romans 8 - we have to be different from the person we were when we put on Christ in baptism. Now we are held to a standard -- be like Christ! Yet, this is not a call to be perfect, because mercy and grace still wash us as long as we reject the old life of sin. 2 Corinthians 5:11 and the following several verses tell us that God knows us. The love of Christ compels us so that we don't live for ourselves, but for God. Levi also goes into the chapter of Hebrews 4 on this topic
John 2:13 and following tells us of a time when Jesus took action to restore honesty and dignity to the temple in Jerusalem. Jesus was filled with righteous anger because of how some people in the temple grounds were behaving in His Father's house. He sat down and fashioned a whip to drive the animals from the area. He turned over tables and insisted that these dishonest practices stop. Unfortunately, most illustrations and pictures of this event show what looks like Jesus out of control. But he was not out of control as he did this--he used his emotion to forcefully make his point. He was slow to anger (sat down and prepared his flail). Luke 19:45 contains this point: Jesus said that some have made the courtyard a den of thieves. For us today, we can realize that Jesus was never a raging, mindless mad man. He was righteous in his anger at sinful practices visited on a holy place. This is a picture of how we can be controlled in our behaviors even when anger is the emotion we are feeling.
Levi reviewed the following verses with the focus on "What Does a Christian Look/Act Like?Romans 6:1ff2 Peter 1:3ff Ephesians 4:17-24Gal. 4 :8-9Gal. 2:17-20Romans 12:1-3These verses tell us that our former lives (prior to choosing God's will and putting Christ on in baptism) are gone. We are now His--actually representing Christ to the world by seeking to love like He did while on the earth. This theme will continue for the next several sermons.
In this special episode of the Thinking Out Loud Radio Show, we tackle this age-old question of "What Does A Christian Look Like" with Christian fashion designer TerryAnn Phillips. TerryAnn is the creator of "Saved And Fabulous" Fashion Line that is specifically designed with Christians in mind. But, is there really such a thing as "church clothes" or "Christian Fashion" or have we evolved to the point as a church where we can come as we are? TerryAnn discusses the style choices that she's made for her "Saved & Fabulous" fashion line and how they have been influenced by the church. PLUS, in our "What Are You Thinking About" segment we talk about the mid-term elections which are coming up and some of the candidates we need to watch. There are a number of candidates on the Democratic and Republican side that we need to pay close attention to leading up to the General Election in November. We will tell you who are the ones we need to put our support behind as a community. All this and so much more on the next edition of the Thinking Out Loud Radio Show.
In this special episode of the Thinking Out Loud Radio Show, we tackle this age-old question of "What Does A Christian Look Like" with Christian fashion designer TerryAnn Phillips. TerryAnn is the creator of "Saved And Fabulous" Fashion Line that is specifically designed with Christians in mind. But, is there really such a thing as "church clothes" or "Christian Fashion" or have we evolved to the point as a church where we can come as we are? TerryAnn discusses the style choices that she's made for her "Saved & Fabulous" fashion line and how they have been influenced by the church. PLUS, in our "What Are You Thinking About" segment we talk about the mid-term elections which are coming up and some of the candidates we need to watch. There are a number of candidates on the Democratic and Republican side that we need to pay close attention to leading up to the General Election in November. We will tell you who are the ones we need to put our support behind as a community. All this and so much more on the next edition of the Thinking Out Loud Radio Show.
In this special episode of the Thinking Out Loud Radio Show, we tackle this age-old question of "What Does A Christian Look Like" with Christian fashion designer TerryAnn Phillips. TerryAnn is the creator of "Saved And Fabulous" Fashion Line that is specifically designed with Christians in mind. But, is there really such a thing as "church clothes" or "Christian Fashion" or have we evolved to the point as a church where we can come as we are? TerryAnn discusses the style choices that she's made for her "Saved & Fabulous" fashion line and how they have been influenced by the church. PLUS, in our "What Are You Thinking About" segment we talk about the mid-term elections which are coming up and some of the candidates we need to watch. There are a number of candidates on the Democratic and Republican side that we need to pay close attention to leading up to the General Election in November. We will tell you who are the ones we need to put our support behind as a community. All this and so much more on the next edition of the Thinking Out Loud Radio Show.
Pastor Zebulske preaches from the book of Galatians with part two of his sermon titled "What Does A Christian Look Like?"
Pastor Zebulske preaches from the book of Galatians with part one of his sermon titled "What Does A Christian Look Like?"