Who Are We Going to Harm .... ???
Are you prepared to give a reason for your hope in God?
This is a question I don't think I will ever be able to answer with a convincing "YES" ... but I know that I am improving my answer all the time. To truly be able to answer this question, I don't believe I can answer it with words alone but also by my daily actions.
If we truly want to be God's children and we have entered the waters of baptism ... then we need to be able to spread the "Word of God" and the "Life of Christ" with the very words we speak and the very actions we live by each and every day. People shouldn't have to ask us if we are Christians ... or whether or not we believe in God. Friends, Family and Strangers should be able to tell within moments who is the light of our lives.
My question is not "Who is going to harm us?" but rather "Who are we going to harm by setting our hearts upon Christ our Lord and being eager to do good?"
Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. "Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened." But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. It is better, if it is God's will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at God's right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.
(1 Peter, Chapter 3:Verses 13-22)
This is a question I don't think I will ever be able to answer with a convincing "YES" ... but I know that I am improving my answer all the time. To truly be able to answer this question, I don't believe I can answer it with words alone but also by my daily actions.
If we truly want to be God's children and we have entered the waters of baptism ... then we need to be able to spread the "Word of God" and the "Life of Christ" with the very words we speak and the very actions we live by each and every day. People shouldn't have to ask us if we are Christians ... or whether or not we believe in God. Friends, Family and Strangers should be able to tell within moments who is the light of our lives.
My question is not "Who is going to harm us?" but rather "Who are we going to harm by setting our hearts upon Christ our Lord and being eager to do good?"
Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. "Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened." But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. It is better, if it is God's will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at God's right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.
(1 Peter, Chapter 3:Verses 13-22)
posted by Harley McCarville at 2:01 pm
Luke 12:4-5
New International Version (NIV)
I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after the killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.
The answer-We definately do the opposite of harm! I like your blog.
What is really important to us shines through when the opportunity comes up for us to suffer for Christ.
my family really likes your blog!