Guilty-as-Charged

The twins’ first school field trip – how can I ever forget!  They were so excited they could hardly sleep the night before.  The morning of the trip, they were up and dressed before me, and there they stood with matching smiles and school t-shirts.  How cute!

How easily identified are you with Christ? If you were put on trial for impersonating Jesus Christ, would there be enough evidence to convict?  Here’s the proof God is looking for in our lives: "A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another." (John 13:34)  Just how well do we stand out in a crowd?  "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." (John 13:35)  The kind of love described here is "agape," a doing-kind of love (demonstrative).  It's so much more than some warm fuzzy feeling; it's love that evokes a Christ-centered response -- smiles rather than frowns, helps rather than hurts, is gentle instead of angry, kindness edges out rudeness, is quiet rather than unruly.  This love replaces the natural [fleshy] reaction with a supernatural [divine] response.  There was great wisdom in dressing all those students in matching school t-shirts – they were easily identified, stood out in the crowd.  So will there be evidence in the lives of the redeemed – we will be guilty-as-charged of His love in action in our lives!