14 Mar 2016
The stage had been set for the Son of God to come on the
scene. Scripture, the Prophets of old,
and the Law had all foretold his coming.
And he lived up to all that he was intended to be. And yet, many didn’t recognize him. They didn’t believe him. And things just went from bad to worse.
We can see something similar, perhaps, with the Church. The stage had been set for the Apostles and
the body of Christian disciples to come onto the scene. Christ had foretold the “new Jerusalem,” and
he gave us the commandment by which people would recognize us: “Love one
another as I have loved you. That is how
they will know you are my disciples.”
And the Church—more or less—has lived up to what it was
intended to be. For quite some time it
was a force behind much good in the world, and was recognized as such. Yet, today, many turn a blind eye and a deaf
ear to the Bride of Christ. Many of our own
children don’t believe the testimony of the Church. And things go from bad to worse.
And what can we bring to that situation today, but the same
thing that Christ brought to the 1st Century: the truth of who we
are. Christ couldn’t be anything other
than who we was (and is)—the presence of the Father among the children of
God. And we can’t be anything other than
who we are—the presence of Christ to whomever we meet.
When people challenge us to “prove” our Christian faith, what
can we do but “love them as Christ has loved us.” They’ll know we are Christians by our
love. And, perhaps, through that love,
they’ll come to know Christ the Light of the World, and begin to really live
life again—as sons and daughters of God.
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