EAT IN FRONT OF YOUR ENEMIES

When faced with the evils of sciety Christians usually fall into one of two categories: either

ACTIVIST, or CONVERSIONIST.



1. Activists create pressure. They seek to enact law. They

form a moral majority or a green peace. They protest.



2. Conversionists seek to evangelize. Nothing wrong with

that-- except that all too often this means "Join MY group

the way WE say and then circle the wagons and wait for the

cavalry." I do not deny that I believe that people need

to be born again, and that unless a person is saved he or

she is lost.



But there is a third way. Stanley Hauerwas suggests that

this "third way" is not in any way a blending of the other

two, but a radically different approach to Christian

reality!



3. This third way says: EAT IN FRONT OF YOUR ENEMIES! Don't

just try to block them in legislature, or persuade them to

become a member of your church-- but show them your

Shepherd!



Instead of an ACTIVIST APPROACH or a CONVERSIONIST APPROACH, this

is A CONFESSIONAL APPROACH to Christian living. . . . saying: "Jesus

Christ is MY Shepherd! He is MY Lord and MY Master. I will seek to do

everything I do in a way to please Him and reveal Him to the world!

You and I are called to be Christ's body! He is the Bread of life!
As He satisfies our deepest needs . . . as He loves through us where we are . . . the most powerful force in the Universe is brought to bear on the ills of society that frustrate mere human effort.

Prayer
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight,O LORD our Strength and our Redeemer. Amen