Sunday, October 21, 2001
Sunday, October 21, 2001
Keep yourselves in the love of God; look forward to the mercy of our Lord
Jesus
Christ that leads to eternal life.
"Will you please state your name?" asked the district attorney.
Tilting back in her chair, the psychologist opened her mouth to answer, but instead
catapulted
head-over-heels backward and landed in a stack of exhibits and recording equipment.
Everyone watched in stunned silence as she extricated herself, rearranged her
disheveled
dress and hair and was reseated on the witness stand. The glare she directed at
onlookers dared
anyone to so much as smirk.
"Well, doctor," continued the district attorney without changing expression, "perhaps we
could start with an easier question."
A young man came to Jesus with what he thought was a deep and challenging
question:
"Good Teacher," he said, "what must I do to get to heaven?"
The answer to this question is this: There is nothing we can do that will guarantee our
entrance to
heaven. Entry into heaven is determined not by what we DO, but what Christ has done
for us. All
we can do is receive what has already been granted. If you think you earned Frequent
Flyer
points for heaven by being in church on Sundays, you are mistaken. If you think that
putting a fat
check in the offering plate will get you through the pearly gates, you are in for a
surprise though,
let me hasten to add, it's worth a try. Heaven is a matter of being, not of doing. If Christ
has come
into your life and is renewing your life daily, you are already living in the kingdom of
God.
(Jude 1:21
NRSV)
An eminent psychologist was called to testify in court. A severe no-nonsense
professional,
she sat down in the witness chair unaware that its rear legs were set precariously on
the back of
the raised platform.
Loving God, continue to renew me with Jesus who lives in me. Amen.
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