Ro 10:9-10
Mt.10:32-33
19:40
Lk.9:26
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Public confession is required before all, so stated by Jesus Himself. Because of
their pride, this these hypocrites were unwilling to do. There can be no such
thing as secret discipleship. Even Nicodemus finally left the cover of night and
openly assisted Jesus from the Cross to the tomb. No less is required today.
After what He publicly suffered for us without resisting, He is worthy of our
public allegiance! Who will call Him King today, in the home, the market, or
the work place? Would that all had the courage and devotion of a Mary! For her,
nothing was too good to reserve from her Lord; to her, no amount of shame He
would suffer could suppress her love for Him. Today, we serve a risen and
Triumphant Savior, yet I am given to wonder if we stood before His Cross,
unknowing as they of the outcome, what then would our commitment be?
Mary saw it before the others, yet she spent her richest treasures upon His
soon to be desecrated body. It is easy now for us in our modern world to
sit in our safe pews and sing on Sundays, "O how I love Jesus," but the
true test comes on Monday when confronting an antagonistic world to Christ.
How often we shrink in cowered silence, as Peter, afraid and ashamed to admit
our knowledge of and association with Jesus -- and our song of yesterday is soon forgotten!
It is time for the redeemed of the Lord to say so.
(Ps.107)
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