DAY 325 Read 2 Corinthians 1 through 3.
Today's reading: After Paul sent his rather stern letter (1 Corinthians) to the troubled church, he worried that he might have been too severe. He dispatched a second one from Macedonia before going on the Corinth in person.
Memory gem: "Ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart: (2 Corinthians 3:3).
Thought for today:
If one is to be a letter from Christ, he must seek to obey the teachings of Christ and follow the example of Christ--all by the grace of Christ. Remember, my friend, you are a letter from Christ to those where you work in the shop, in the office, the home, on the farm, on shipboard, at the airport. They may never hear a chapter of Scripture read or a sermon. Therefore, they must hear of Jesus from you.
One big question that faces us is this: Does the world see Jesus in me, in you? What do they see when they look at us? Remember, you are the best Christian that somebody will ever know. In the Bible we have the gospel according to Matthew, according to Mark, according to Luke, according to John; but what is the gospel according to you, according to me?
An anonymous poet wrote:
You are writing a gospel,
A chapter each day.
By deeds that you do,
By words that you say.
Men read what you write,
Whether faithless or true;
Say, what is the gospel
According to you?
Millions of the busy, friendly people around us do not know where they are spiritually. The experience of too many in our generation is like the last message of Amelia Earhart, flying over the South Pacific with her navigator. From somewhere off New Guinea, in the gathering tropical storm, her failing radio spelled out the words: "Fuel almost gone. Position doubtful."
Are you a letter from Christ, or is your position doubtful?
Today's reading: After Paul sent his rather stern letter (1 Corinthians) to the troubled church, he worried that he might have been too severe. He dispatched a second one from Macedonia before going on the Corinth in person.
Memory gem: "Ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart: (2 Corinthians 3:3).
Thought for today:
If one is to be a letter from Christ, he must seek to obey the teachings of Christ and follow the example of Christ--all by the grace of Christ. Remember, my friend, you are a letter from Christ to those where you work in the shop, in the office, the home, on the farm, on shipboard, at the airport. They may never hear a chapter of Scripture read or a sermon. Therefore, they must hear of Jesus from you.
One big question that faces us is this: Does the world see Jesus in me, in you? What do they see when they look at us? Remember, you are the best Christian that somebody will ever know. In the Bible we have the gospel according to Matthew, according to Mark, according to Luke, according to John; but what is the gospel according to you, according to me?
An anonymous poet wrote:
You are writing a gospel,
A chapter each day.
By deeds that you do,
By words that you say.
Men read what you write,
Whether faithless or true;
Say, what is the gospel
According to you?
Millions of the busy, friendly people around us do not know where they are spiritually. The experience of too many in our generation is like the last message of Amelia Earhart, flying over the South Pacific with her navigator. From somewhere off New Guinea, in the gathering tropical storm, her failing radio spelled out the words: "Fuel almost gone. Position doubtful."
Are you a letter from Christ, or is your position doubtful?
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