Daily Java: Romans 8:9 says You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
We forget that perfection does not mean blandness. Jesus was perfect, yet he had passion and anger and love and wit and a strong directness. There is no way all those people, including a lot of women, would follow anybody that looked like our conventional picture of Jesus. That picture is of a bland, washed out wimp.
Jesus was a carpenter and stone-mason (both went together at that time), so he was strong physically, and he had charisma leaking out of every pore. He was a guy worth following.
In Luke 20, Jesus does something that is totally out of what we consider his character. While all the people were listening, Jesus said to his disciples, 46 "Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.
Jesus never suffered fools gladly. He also didn’t care who he made mad. If I did that, would I be Christ-like?
I follow a guy who got real tired of idiots, even to the point of turning around and pointing them out to everybody in public.
This really doesn't jibe with the picture of the sweet little Jesus who never tanned and never made anybody mad. The one who didn't eat meat so he wouldn't offend the vegetarians and would drive a Prius so he wouldn't harm the environment and all that junk. The real Jesus was no one to mess around with. That is my Savior. I want to be like him.
We forget that Jesus had emotions, that there was a strong human side to him. Yet he did not sin using these emotions. The apostle Paul said the same thing when he wrote, In your anger do not sin (Ephesians 4:26). Nothing wrong with anger. Jesus was angry a lot when he saw stupidity in the name of God.
Interesting picture of a strong man.
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