Scripture a day...keeps the devil away!

February 3, 2016

 

 

Acts 11:26 KJV

 

 ²⁶And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

 

Look at that last sentence...

And the disciples WERE CALLED. They did not give themselves that name, other folks did!

Folks watching and observing their lives decided to call them "Christians."

 

Would someone be able to observe your day to day life and then refer to you as a "Christian?"

A humbling question.  Be honest with yourself.

 

Walk in the Light

1 John 1:5-10 MSG

⁵ This, in essence, is the message we heard from Christ and are passing on to you: God is light, pure light; there’s not a trace of darkness in him.

^6-7 If we claim that we experience a shared life with him and continue to stumble around in the dark, we’re obviously lying through our teeth—we’re not living what we claim. But if we walk in the light, God himself being the light, we also experience a shared life with one another, as the sacrificed blood of Jesus, God’s Son, purges all our sin.
^8-10 If we claim that we’re free of sin, we’re only fooling ourselves. A claim like that is errant nonsense. On the other hand, if we admit our sins—make a clean breast of them—he won’t let us down; he’ll be true to himself. He’ll forgive our sins and purge us of all wrongdoing. If we claim that we’ve never sinned, we out-and-out contradict God—make a liar out of him. A claim like that only shows off our ignorance of God.