Jesus Doesn't Beg. He Walks On.

6/11/2021

This is why “attending services“ and stealth comments in a Bible class don’t work very well to make a Difference.

Being up-front and clear and bold about the difference between JESUS and attendance-based clergy-controlled religion… with folks we meet and have lunch with, without beating around the bush, is essential.

ORGANIC LIFE versus PROGRAM and choreography. Family versus orphanage.

Don’t be sneaky. Be clear. Be bold but never pushy. It’s their call. We just introduce them to Jesus and walk on.

Can you see all of that here?

“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”

Don’t grovel, don’t beg, don’t hint, don’t fear. He who is IN you is greater than he who is in the world.

And then… “walk on.”

“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”