A WORLD Christian!

When you hear the term "a world Christian" what comes to your mind? A world Christian can be defined as someone who sees the world as Jesus does. You know the verse. "For God so loved the world..!" Well, now with the heart of Christ pulsating in me, I find myself also "so loving the world" with the understand that "God gave his only son that whoever believes in him will not perish but have ever lasting life". To be a world Christian, I suggest, means I possess the heart of Jesus for the world and I join him in what he is doing to pursue the lost in this world. While we should not have to distinguish between a disciple of Jesus and a Christian, unfortunately we have to. When you came to Jesus, (accepted him as "your Lord and Savior"), you became one of his followers. You became his disciple. You don't become a Christian, then a disciple. Jesus' call to himself, was a call to follow him and that following took you on a journey that embraced the whole world with a tireless commitment to reach that world with his saving message contained in the gospel. That is what it means to be a world Christian. I sure look forward to sharing more about that with you this Sunday as we look at Mark 3:7-12.