Thought for October 29, 2024

  •  1618: Sir Walter Raleigh beheaded
  • 1787: Mozart's "Don Giovanni" premiers
  • 1811: First Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans
  • 1929: Black Tuesday--stock market crash
  • 1942: 16,000 Jews murdered by Nazis
  • 1945: First ballpoint pen goes on sale
  • 1956: First Huntley-Brinkley Report
  • 1998: 2000 anti-abortion protestors arrested for blocking clinics
  • 1988: John Glenn is oldest person to go into space at age 77
  • 2012: Hurricane Sandy hits New Jersey
  • Born: Bill Mauldin [WWII cartoonist], Bob Ross [artist on PBS], Richard Dreyfus, Kate Jackson [Charlie's Angels], Winona Ryder, Travis Henry
  • Died: Nathan Bedford Forrest, Louis B Mayer [MGM], Joseph Pulitzer
Thought:
Take a look with me this morning at Romans 2:24. I got stuck on this verse today. Paul here is speaking to the Jews who claim to be children of God, yet their conduct is inconsistent with God's law. Thus, they misrepresent God to the gentiles. This made me ask myself if my claims to be a follower of Jesus mislead the world about who Jesus is. If I claim to be indwelt by Jesus and His Holy Spirit, do my words, attitudes give a real picture of who Jesus is. Sometimes we say we can tell a lot about a persons parents by the way they act. Can people tell a lot about my heavenly Father by how I act? Do I look like I am kin to Jesus? 

When people see how I spend my money, my time. When they watch how I treat others. When they see the things I support and honor. Do they see Jesus? We used to have bracelets that said WWJD--what would Jesus do. Suppose we wore t-shirts every day that say look at me, I am doing exactly what Jesus would do. Would I be arrested for false advertising? I am convicted by the Spirit that I don't constantly ask--do other people see Jesus in me. We used to sing that hymn, "Let Others See Jesus in You." The lyrics say, "keep telling the story, be faithful and true." So this morning I am asking myself if I am faithful and true to the image of Jesus. 

Most of you know about Nipper, the dog that sits at the phonograph horn and hears his master's voice. RCA used that image to say that its equipment faithfully produced the sound of the original---high fidelity, a truthful reproduction of the original sound. In my life, the goal is to be hi-fi--an truthful reproduction of the One who is the Master. I have a lot of work to do.

Blessings
Larry

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