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Anyone who is willing to spend 24 hours hanging out with me will quickly realize that I have three pillars that hold up the household of my faith and keep a roof over my personality.
- Be of good cheer
- Be creative
- Be honest
It doesn’t mean that I’m never grouchy, lazy or a liar. It just means that normally I reject those profiles and when I accidentally slide into them, I attempt to repent quickly.
So it should be no surprise to anyone that Jesus of Nazareth–the unemployed carpenter-turned-preacher–should also have such pillars.
If you ignore them, you will fail to understand his character.
So what are the three pillars of Jesus?
1. Be smart.
He told his disciples to “render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and unto God the things that are God’s.”
In other words, not everything can be solved by the Bible, and certainly not every situation is covered by the Constitution.
Sometimes science has all the answers, and on other occasions, we must defer to the mystery of creation.
The true Jesonian person understands the importance of being smart–applying what is applicable instead of forcing something in that is irrelevant.
2. Be universal.
Jesus made it quite clear to the Jewish people around him that he was not Jewish. He told them that before Abraham existed, he was around. He interacted with Samaritans and outcasts.
If you don’t believe this to be true, then you have only to look at the reaction of those who were Jewish around him. They deemed him a sinner, a seditionist and a friend of those who were against Israel.
He didn’t care. He knew the power of his message was to package it for the whole world and not merely for a small portion of Mesopotamia.
3. And finally, Jesus made it clear that he expects his followers to be forgiving.
Every time he was confronted with someone who was faulty and that individual was willing to repent, Jesus never failed to forgive.
What is forgiveness? It is the realization that we don’t perform the job of God and that each one of us is so needy that we shouldn’t point out the need in others.
Those are the three pillars of Jesus:
- Be smart
- Be universal
- Be forgiving
I’m terribly curious what would happen if the Christian church actually followed these pillars…and built their house on the rock instead of the sand.
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