I am proud to be recognized as a Christian

1:19 PM, May 9, 2014  |  Comments
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Why is it that when actors, athletes or celebrities come out in public and announce they are gay, people applaud them and stand behind them? Yet, when an athlete, actor or celebrity publicly announces that they are a believer in Jesus Christ and take a stand for Christianity, they tend to be ridiculed, made the butt of jokes on talk shows and laughed at?

I, for one, am publicly making my stand for Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. Christians call it Holy Week because of what Jesus Christ did some 2,000 years ago.

He sacrificed his blood to take away all past, present and future sins of all those who believe in their hearts and accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior. And, on the third day after his death, he conquered sin by rising from the dead on Easter Sunday.

This is not a myth or fairytale. It is recorded not only in the Bible, but also by other Jewish historians of his day. In fact, our calendars were completely changed to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ, hence we have B.C. and A.D.

I am not perfect by any means. I have made many mistakes in my lifetime that I am not proud of, but by the grace of God, I accepted Jesus into my heart and I know where I will be when my life is over on this earth.

Churches are not meant to be social clubs or just a formality or tradition that people do. They are places to worship the lord and our king and to grow spiritually stronger day by day. We were given the command to go into all the world and spread the good news of Jesus Christ.

Our country was founded as a Christian nation, "one nation, under God."

I, for one, want to stand and be counted as a Christian. "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ."

John Lewis


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