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The Church of Jesus Christ is a family.  The Family was God's idea and not a man-made construct.  When we treat each other with detestation, dislike, animosity, and abhorrence, it breaks the Father's heart and He takes it personally.  Why? Because His love for us is strong and wants our love for one another to be strong.  We are His children.  We can and will disagree but we must not disrespect.  We must see each other in the body of Christ through the same lens God sees us.  That lens is love and honor.  It is a personal thing to God and to each other when we destroy and devour one another.  The world will know that we are His followers by our love one for another.

The Church of Jesus Christ is a family.  The Family was God's idea and not a man-made construct.  When we treat each other with detestation, dislike, animosity, and abhorrence, it breaks the Father's heart and He takes it personally.  Why? Because His love for us is strong and wants our love for one another to be strong.  We are His children.  We can and will disagree but we must not disrespect.  We must see each other in the body of Christ through the same lens God sees us.  That lens is love and honor.  It is a personal thing to God and to each other when we destroy and devour one another.  The world will know that we are His followers by our love one for another.

Jesus Christ is, by all accounts, and by just about all scholars and historians, one of the most, if not the most, influential person that has ever lived.  However, Jesus was simple.  Not a simple minded man but a very clear man on His motives and His mission.  Jesus looked at Peter, John, and the other disciples and simply said, "Come, follow me!"  It wasn't a question, or a command but an invitation.  "Come follow Me, and I'll make you fishers of men."  That invitation still stands today.  Follow Jesus and you will be like Him and just like Paul said, you and I can say, "follow me as I follow Christ."  No arrogance in the statement, just an invitation.

Jesus Christ is, by all accounts, and by just about all scholars and historians, one of the most, if not the most, influential person that has ever lived.  However, Jesus was simple.  Not a simple minded man but a very clear man on His motives and His mission.  Jesus looked at Peter, John, and the other disciples and simply said, "Come, follow me!"  It wasn't a question, or a command but an invitation.  "Come follow Me, and I'll make you fishers of men."  That invitation still stands today.  Follow Jesus and you will be like Him and just like Paul said, you and I can say, "follow me as I follow Christ."  No arrogance in the statement, just an invitation.

We are living in a world that has no collective self-control.  If it feels good do it.  Is the mantra of a world on fire.  Discipline is not touted as a virtue but a hindrance to getting what you want.  If you want it take it so says the world around us.  However, as servants and followers of Jesus Christ self-control is not just a virtue but one of the fruits of the Spirit.  In this current age we can't walk in self-control without the power of the Holy Spirit residing within, and empowering us to do so.  It's time we pull ourselves together and live a life of divine discipline and self-control that brings life to us all.

We are living in a world that has no collective self-control.  If it feels good do it.  Is the mantra of a world on fire.  Discipline is not touted as a virtue but a hindrance to getting what you want.  If you want it take it so says the world around us.  However, as servants and followers of Jesus Christ self-control is not just a virtue but one of the fruits of the Spirit.  In this current age we can't walk in self-control without the power of the Holy Spirit residing within, and empowering us to do so.  It's time we pull ourselves together and live a life of divine discipline and self-control that brings life to us all.