"He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters."
The Lord Jesus Christ, Matthew 12:30 NIV
I find these words humbling and encouraging.
They humble me in the sense that the Lord takes no half hearted following. All or nothing.
They encourage me because the choice is clear and clarifying. I define all allegiances and every allegiance by my sole allegiance to Christ. And this allegiance, once chosen, makes obvious the opposition. I know where I stand and I know where all others stand.
It humbles me because neutrality is enmity. If I refuse to actively choose Christ, I am passively against Him and His mission.
But if I choose to simply and actively choose His purposes as supreme, then my life becomes simple as a result of this choice.
Jesus is Lord.
The Lord came to do three things:
1. Bear witness to the truth.
2. Seek and save the lost.
3. Destroy the works of the devil.
These three are one. Because the truth is, we are all lost without Christ, which is the ultimate work of the devil.
The truth is our need of His salvation, which is indeed the devil's destruction.
To be on God's side is to ONLY focus on what Jesus focused on.
What are you focused on?
Are you on God's side?
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