Universally Misunderstood Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. —Matthew 7:21 We can only conclude that Jesus is universally popular today because He is universally misunderstood. Everyone admires Jesus, but almost no one takes Him seriously. He is considered a kindly idealist who loved babies and underprivileged persons. He is pictured as a gentle dreamer who was naïve enough to believe in human goodness and brave enough to die for His belief. The world thinks of Him as meek, selfless and loving, and values Him because He was what we all are at heart, or would be if things were not so tough and we had more time to cultivate our virtues. Or He is a sweet, holy symbol of something too fine, too beautiful, to be real, but something which we would not lose nevertheless from our treasure house of precious things. Because the human mind has two compartments, the practical and the ideal, people are able to live comfortably with their dreamy, romantic conception of Jesus while paying no attention whatsoever to His words. It is this neat division between the fanciful and the real that enables countless thousands of persons to say Lord, Lord in all sincerity while living every moment in flat defiance of His authority. WOS152-153 Lord, may I, as Your child, take You seriously and be used of You today to bring someone to You. Amen. Tozer on the Almighty God: A 366-Day Devotional.
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 10:24:54 +0000