“I do not ask that you take them out of the world,
but that you keep them from the evil one.”
John 17:15 ESV
This
prayer of Jesus is answered when we embrace the Cross. The Cross
renders us dead to the world so that we can
bring Life to others who are in the world and not worry that we may
become contaminated or polluted by the things we encounter. Jesus was
not afraid of being around sinners. He affected them for good, and they
were powerless to affect Him for evil. This same Jesus lives within us,
and He is greater than anything we may encounter in the world.
So if
we are to follow His example then we must be as dead to the things of
the world as He was. How is this accomplished? God’s solution is for us
to
embrace the Cross so that we can be truly “dead” to the world’s
temptations and “alive” to Him. God desires a crucified people who can
represent Him in the earth and be faithful to Him even in the midst of a
dark, rebellious world.
Source: "Embrace the Cross" by Chip Brogden
http://www.chipbrogden.com/books/embrace-the-crossLike this? Share your comments:
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