Romans 10:1-13 Series

Confessing Christ – Is there any way to be a Christian and not confess Christ, kind of like a closet Christian? I don’t think there is. And not only confessing Christ with our mouths, which is telling others about your faith in Christ and spreading the gospel message of Christ, but also we need to confess Christ in every aspect of our lives don’t we? We are a testimony to Christ in all that we do. That is why it is important for us to always reflect Christ in all that we do.

We are not always perfect… at least I know I am not. In my younger days I may have said I was but time has humbled me.

This past Friday evening I am at home about six o’clock taking a needed nap to relive myself of my headache and my phone rings and it is the alarm company for my business. They say that there is an irate customer that is out in front of my shop screaming like a wild man saying that he needs his car and he is going to break in if he has to and get it.

This customer was supposed to get his car the Wednesday before and I didn’t here from him. Being the car hadn’t been running for the last few months I assumed that he must not have been in a rush to come get it but of course all of a sudden he needs it now.

So I get in my truck and head on over there and on the way I am thinking about what I am going to say to him when I get there. As you can imagine I am not real happy at this point but I stop and think how much better this will be if I just reflect Jesus here.

Remembering the story of Christ casting the herd of possessed pigs in to the water, I get there I grabbed this guy and threw him in to this big puddle…

The reality is I get there and of course he is gone. But I called him and I was gentle with him and said I am here for you if you would like to come get your car, so he did. I guess that was the better way to handle it.

I was a bouncer at several night clubs when I was younger and manhandling people that were out of line came natural to me. It was one of the jobs that I really enjoyed in my life.

Romans 10:12-13 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."