This is spot on…..I see people working for the devil that wear crosses! What also is so abusive is the placing the fish on a car or at a business but not in anyway following our Lord Jesus Christ. I have been BURNED many times by these fakes. This is not an indictment at all against all, it is a warning. It got so bad in my days in Christian Radio, I told our sales reps not to take a check from people that had a fish on their checks!!! Most would stiff us. Use your God given discernment always. It is not what people say, it it what they do.
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I am puzzled why people wear crosses around their necks but their lives reflect nothing of the Lord Jesus Christ?May 29, 2020 |
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| From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham
Q: I am puzzled why people wear crosses around their necks but their lives reflect nothing of the Lord Jesus Christ? — C.C. A: While the cross is under attack today, it hasn’t changed people’s fascination with this iconic symbol. But many ask, “What does it mean?” If people were stopped on the street and asked to explain this, some would answer that it is the symbol of Christianity. Others might say it is a religious myth. History majors may describe it as an example of Roman justice. In jewelry stores from Fifth Avenue to the airport in Rome, one piece of jewelry is universally displayed — the cross. Clerical robes have this emblem sewn on the front or back. Churches display the cross in wood, bronze, concrete, or brass. Often at Easter, crosses dot the landscape and can be seen for miles. Before the teaching in the Bible about the cross can mean anything to us, the Spirit of God must open our minds. To the “outsider” the cross must appear to be ridiculous, or simply an ornament. But to those who have experienced its transforming power, it has become the only remedy for the ills of each person, and of the world. The message of the cross is this — that upon it Jesus was crucified. He died for our sins that we might have life everlasting. God changes men and women — not by the symbols of the cross — but by the message of the cross of Christ. God designed the cross to defeat Satan, the deceiver, and Satan’s power was broken at the cross. “The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil” (1 John 3:8, ESV). Through the cross, God not only overpowered Satan but brought Himself and man together. This is glorious news! ======== (This column is based on the words and writings of the late Rev. Billy Graham.) (c)2020 BILLY GRAHAM DISTRIBUTED BY TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES, INC. |
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