Demoting Christ

If we ever start a conversation with, “I’ve been a Christian for … years.”  SHAME on us! 

It is not the length of time we have been with the Lord… it is how much of us has died to Him.

It is not how long we have known Him… it is how deeply we know Him.

Do not despise the youth.  Do not give in to the enemy who does want to set things “in order” but rather “in an order.” 

He doesn’t want the church to be the “living” organism; he wants it to be a rigid “put-your-time-in” organization.

The moment we try to use the length of time we have been saved as a credential… we take away from the cross.  Understand that this is then an issue of our own insecurity.  We begin to look more at our own accomplishments than what Christ accomplished at the cross.

This is not an issue of what we know, but rather Who we know.  I am not talking about years of schooling and subject matter knowledge.  I am talking about the depth of a living, intimate relationship with the Lord.

We have all known people that, as soon as we meet, we say, “I feel like I have known you all my life!” Or we just “click” and life long friendships and fellowship begin.

And then there are those that we have known all of our lives and have never really known them.

We don’t want out relationship with Jesus to fall into the latter category.

We want to know Him.  And we want HIM to be known.  He has been Him for eternity.  The Alpha, the Omega, the Beginning and the End… the Was and Is and Is to Come.

We could never know Him longer than He has known us.

So the only credential we should ever boast in… the only thing that should come out when we are telling people about Him… is not what we know… but WHO we know.

We know WHO took the cross for all who would accept His sacrifice.

He has enough credentials.  Tell people about those.

SDG