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DRESSED UP Read: Romans 13:11–14 Bible in a Year: Psalms 29–30; Acts 23:1–15 Clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 13:14 In her book Wearing God, author Lauren Winner says our clothes can silently communicate to others who we are. What we wear may indicate career, community or identity, moods, or social status. Think of a T-shirt with a slogan, a business suit, a uniform, or greasy jeans and what they might reveal. She writes, “The idea that, as with a garment, Christians might wordlessly speak something of Jesus—is appealing.” According to Paul, we can similarly wordlessly represent Christ. Romans 13:14 tells us to “clothe [ourselves] with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.” What does this mean? When we become Christians, we take on Christ’s identity. We’re “ of God through faith” (Gal. 3:26–27). That’s our status. Yet each day we need to clothe ourselves in His character. We do this by striving to live for and to be more like Jesus, growing in godliness, love, and obedience and turning our back on the sins that once enslaved us. Dear Lord, grow us in godliness, love, joy, and patience. This growth in Christ is a result of the Holy Spirit working in us and our desire to be closer to Him through study of the Word, prayer, and time spent in fellowship with other Christians (John 14:26). When others look at our words and attitudes, what statement are we making about Christ? Dear Lord, we want to be a reflection of You. Help us to look more like You each day. Grow us in godliness, love, joy, and patience. When others see us, may what they see speak well of the Savior. 
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 Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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I never could figure out why Christians think that Jesus has something against "gratifying the desires of the flesh"......God created us with a need to gratify those desires and pretending otherwise has led to horrific perversions like paedophile priests......... Yes, God did create us with that need, and a way of gratification. The perversion that you mentioned came about because MEN made rules and tried to live by those rules and failed horribly. The Christian religion, while based on the central figure of Jesus, and the faith in Him being crucified for us, and being raised from the dead, has many, many denominations or variations, created by MEN, and having varying doctrines or ideas about how "church" should be. The one to which you allude claims to be the oldest and the right one, but even inside of it, you can find people who reject some of the many rules in it. Personally, I met my Savior, Jesus, when I was about 12 years old, and it was a strange, supernatural experience for me. The world did not change immediately and I have grown into my relationship with Him over my entire life..... and had many side trips and falling back times in the process. I joined that church at one time, because I figured it had a lot of good rules to help me live a Christian life, but then I found out it skipped the most important step in that life......... "getting saved" or recognizing Jesus as a personal Savior, and had replaced it with rituals that had form but no substance. (Perhaps that is why there is those perversions, those men never really met Jesus, just have the form without the godliness?) Christians cannot be lumped all together and judged by the actions of some, anymore than can any other group of persons. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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Your "Saviour" was born of a virgin......tells us all we need to know about the perversions of Christianity....... Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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