“OFF THE RECORD!”

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 381
June 12, 2018//

“Off the Record!”

Each of you understand that phrase. When someone wants to make a statement or tell something they know, and they do not want it in a legal document, in the printed page, or in the news, the phrase they will use is “Off the Record”!

This morning I am pondering how many Christians are “Off the Record”?

They call themselves Christians privately but do not want it spread around work, the neighborhood, social media, that they consider themselves Christians.

Why would we want to be “Off the Record” Christians?

Maybe it is because it is not politically correct to call anything sin or to live Godly and above all the smut and filth and selfishness of the world.

Maybe it is because we do not want to be the only ones not laughing at an off-color joke or be the one who has not seen the latest R rated movie.

Or maybe it is just because we don’t feel like we know enough about the Bible or the foundations of our Faith to share with those around us.

I share with you a statement that you should take to heart:
“A MAN WITH AN EXPERIENCE IS NEVER AT THE MERCY OF A MAN WITH AN ARGUMENT.”

People may argue theology, but what they cannot argue with is when you just simply share your experience with the Lord God Almighty.

When you declare that your life is better since you made Jesus Lord and He is with you always to help you and give you Peace; When you tell where He brought you from to where you are now and the many things He has done in your life, no one can tell you that is not true.

In John chapter nine when the blind man was healed, and the Pharisees were asking him who healed him and telling him that Jesus was a sinner, the blind man did not even begin to argue about who Jesus was. He made a profound statement!

John 9:25 (KJV)
He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

If we know Jesus as our Personal Savior, we can be like the blind man and declare who Jesus is to us. To the blind man Jesus was his healer and that was what he was sharing.

What is Jesus to you? How is your life different because you know Him?

These are things no one can argue with.

Now we must mature and grow in the Lord and in the Knowledge of His Word and then at times we can explain or refute other’s questions or arguments.

But we should never let the fear of someone asking or saying something we have no answer for stop us from sharing. Just tell what Jesus means to you!!!

Just as the others could see the blind man had received his sight, others should be able to look at how we conduct ourselves and live our lives and know that we have something different.

Matthew 5:14 (KJV)
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.

When we have met Jesus, our light is to dispel darkness and not be:
“Off the Record”!

May I encourage you to let your light shine and be “ON THE RECORD”, as a bonified, born again, child of almighty God who does not bow to this world social system but walks in tune with the Lord God Almighty!!

In Mark chapter eight, Jesus asked the disciples a question He is asking us today.

Mark 8:29 (KJV)
And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.

WHO IS JESUS TO YOU!!
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Father God, I come in the name of Jesus Christ and I declare that Jesus Christ is my Savior, my Peace, and my Joy. May I be on record as a born again, changed, washed in the blood, child of you, Father. I ask you to touch each person who reads this with the knowledge of who you are to them and may they be “ON RECORD CHRISTIANS” and light up the darkness of this troubled world. Amen

I declare you “On the Record!”
Love, Me-Maw