| Friday, April 3, 2009 Lenten Weekday | ||
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John 10:33 The Jews answered him, "It is not for a good work that we stone you but for blasphemy; because you, being a man, make yourself God."
Today I don’t think that people would fault us for doing good works. But, they do for proclaiming that Jesus is the son of God and we are brothers and sisters of his. Our association with Christ will tend to bring out persecution. People don’t like it when others stand out in some way, when others have been blessed, or when others claim to posses some special status. But in Christ we are all special, we have been blessed and we do have special status. This drives Satan crazy and those who come after us then are aligned with him. We must be ready and not give in to the temptation to minimize what Christ has done and who he is and who we are in him.
Father, help me by your Holy Spirit to always know that you are God and there are no others gods. Help me to know that you are my father and Jesus is my brother.
Amen
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