If Jesus were here today

[Candi770]

You know when Jesus came on earth, he came in the form of a baby (the savior of the world) lived his life in service to His father. He chose men that didn't fit the worlds standard of ministers and walked among sinners- even had supper with them. Boy did that make the religous pharisees mad.

But would you be surprised if he wasn't out in your or my church and was out at the local bar, prositute hangout, crack house, gay bar, etc.

Where do you think he would be and Where should we be- in the four walls of the church or walking as Jesus did- with Love for all??? Just a question- Please if your a pharisee-please don't bite my head off.

[His Ambassador]

But would you be surprised if he wasn't out in your or my church and was out at the local bar, prositute hangout, crack house, gay bar, etc.

These are the sort of places Jesus would also visit. After all, He came to save the Lost and, other than in the church, those places are where you're likely to find them.

[David from New Bern]

You know when Jesus came on earth, he came in the form of a baby (the savior of the world) lived his life in service to His father. He chose men that didn't fit the worlds standard of ministers and walked among sinners- even had supper with them. Boy did that make the religous pharisees mad.

But would you be surprised if he wasn't out in your or my church and was out at the local bar, prositute hangout, crack house, gay bar, etc.

Where do you think he would be and Where should we be- in the four walls of the church or walking as Jesus did- with Love for all??? Just a question- Please if your a pharisee-please don't bite my head off.

I'm not a Pharisee so relax...but let me encourage you to consider something that Henry Blackerby, the author of Experiencing God, taught me through his writings. If you were to read the gospels uninterupted and in chronological order, you would find that Jesus simply followed the hand of His Father. He was always headed somewhere when He ran into someone on the way there. He ran into ministry opportunities that He saw God already working in, the hearts of men and women...

Then Jesus answered and said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.John 5:19 NKJV I add to this my thoughts, that Jesus entered a room and scanned his surrounding to see the disenchanted and misplaced or those responsive to His words, and He saw that person or person's as a ministry assignment. How else would have seen Zacheus in a tree, unless He was looking for the spiritually hungry? Jesus openly sought out places of worship as a matter of obligation to the Jews, but He ran into the gentiles and had greater influence it seems with the peripheral target rather than the logical one.

Edited April 5, 2006 by David from New Bern

[Adarian]

Hi Candi770,

I think you are probably right, since He began his earthly life in the lowest of circumstances, born in a stable, on a dirt floor, surrounded by animals.

As a grown man He went to the lowest places of society, and to the people who even today are thought of as disposable, or written off as worthless. No one is too far gone, or too low, or too dirty, or too sinful that Christ will not receive him/her. The first man to be spared because of Jesus was a murderer, and the second was a thief hanging on a cross beside him.

[Sterling]

Christ prefered the most base members of society. He came to save those that knew they needed Him. He didn't come to save the "rightous". I think that's why he was so hated by the church leaders. I'm sure there are many people who would be gunning for Christ if he was born to this generation.

I always feel the need to remind myself that many people I wouldn't normally talk to are the ones that need it the most.

What I wonder is if He would go on Televangelist programs myself. He got up in synagouges and tought publicly but with Christianity so wide spread, how would he get his message across to the masses?

[vitality22004]

Candi

Thanx for the questions: they really make you think. I think David said it the way it is. Jesus's life was the life of obedience. He was restrained, constrained, muzzled and bridled by His love for the Father and even though He had all the power and the anointing, He only choise to do what the Father said, say what He said and nothing else: Pool of Bethesda...i ask you ...how hard is that? When you have the power, and you see the need and the people have been suffering for years and you are moved with compassion and touched with the feeling of their infirmities, how hard was it for Him to walk away after healing just one! It was the obedience of the Son to the Father...so He would have been in all those places most definitely, cos that's where the sinners are and where His presence was most needed....He avoided all religous traappings like the plague!

vitality

[Candi770]

Thank God that he came to seek and save the Lost. But we can't forget where we came and possible expect to have him walk us into those areas.

Labors prepare- you might have to go places you've never been

[Guest Pearly Gator]

Hi, everyone! First post from a noob.

The Bible tells us that God occupies the praises of His people. So I'm sure we would still find Jesus visiting us in church. Since He never changes either, I'm sure he would be associating with outcasts. Who those outcasts are might be a shocker. I mean, who are the outcasts of the church? Could it be the abortion doctor, the agnostic college professor or a drug dealer? I wonder...

Great question!

God bless,

Pearly Gator

[vitality22004]

Well. Pearly Gator, it'sstill a shame if He's visiting churches, cos we, the church are supposed tp be His habitation...lol!

[eric]

Candi

Good question, but praise God, He is here on earth albeit in the form of the holy spirit, or I wouldn't have been saved when I was. He is in the joints, the bars and the brothels right now, but they haven't seen Him yet. In fact they don't even see Him in some of the visible churches, because sometimes He doesn't even get a mention.

just some observations.

eric