Just a thought by coppi

“Evangelist Gypsy Smith once said, “There are five Gospels. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and the Christian, and some people will never read the first four.” In other words, the message is seen before it is heard. 

Mahatma Gandhi – as a young man, he practiced law in South Africa and faced much discrimination.  What he saw of racism in those days drove him away from the Christian faith, because he mistakenly judged a profession of a faith as being the substance of that faith.  The truth is, you don’t judge a belief by its abuse.  So fortunately, he later qualified the difference:  “I like their Christ; I don’t like their Christian.”  (Ravi Zacharias in Just Thinking)

Of all people in the world, the Christian should lead the way in loving people of all nations because we all are ultimately created in God’s image.  (Ravi Zacharias)

(All of the above quotes, I gleaned from reading Just Thinking by Ravi Zacharias)

I heard many times through my life, “You are the hands, feet, mouth, eyes, etc of Jesus and you are the only Bible someone may read”.  Gee, I thought that is a big responsibility and I certainly am not capable of that task.  Then I read 1 John 4:12 NLT

“No one has seen God.  But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.”   It’s His love in this vessel that does the work.  I just need to be available for him to use me to express himself through me.  God is love.