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Still
Looking
A
man described his mother as being love personified.
As a boy he found her sitting at the table with
an old vagrant one day.
Apparently she had gone shopping, met the
vagrant along the way, and invited him home for a warm
meal.
During
the conversation the vagrant said, "I wish
there were more people like you in the world."
Whereupon his mother replied, "Oh, there
are. But
you must look for them."
The
old man simply shook his head, saying. "But,
lady, I didn't need to look for you.
You
looked for me!"
That
mother’s kindness exhibited a compassion that went
out of its way to love the unlovely.
And
THAT'S the story of our Savior's life, death and
resurrection...
He came looking for us
-- the bruised, the broken hearted, the
wretched wanderer, the forgotten, the lost.
"For the Son of Man has come to seek and
to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10).
Our
sins condemn us (John 8:24; Romans 6:23), but
the Savior longs to FIND us and to SAVE us.
He is the Good Shepherd that not only looks for
His lost sheep (Luke 15:4-7), but He also wants to add
sheep to His fold of safety and security (John 10:16).
To
be found by Him, we must “hear His voice” and
follow Him!
He calls us through His Word, the Bible,
beckoning us to: believe
and trust Him (Acts 16:30-31), turning from sin in repentance
to follow Him (Acts 17:30-31), confessing
that He is the Son of God (Romans 10:9-10), and
submitting to baptism
(immersion) for the forgiveness of our sins (Acts
2:38). To
remain in His fold of safety, we must continue to
follow Him (1 John 1:7).
Jesus
IS love personified!
“THIS is how God showed His love among us: He
sent His one and only Son into the world that we might
live through Him.
THIS is love: not that we loved God, but that
He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice
for our sins” (1 John 4:9-10).
He’s
still looking....
Has He found YOU?
David
A. Sargent,
Minister
Church
of Christ at Creekwood
1901
Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
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