By Akpeli Othuke Andrew
A man is being tailgated by a woman who is in a hurry. He comes to as intersection and when the light turns yellow he hits the breaks. The woman behind him goes ballistic. She honks her horn, yell profanities and gestures with her finger. As she was ranting and raving, someone taps on her window. To her horror she looks up and sees a policeman. He invites her out of her car and takes her to the station here she was searched, fingerprinted and put in a cell. After a couple of hours she was released and the arresting officer gives her her personal effects and says, ‘I am sorry for the mistake, madam. I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn and using ugly gestures and foul language. I noticed the ‘What would Jesus do?’ bumper sticker, the ‘Choose Life’ license plate holder, the ‘Follow me to Sunday School’ window sign and the peace emblem on your trunk, so I naturally assumed you had stolen the car.’ Obviously he was following a Christian who was not doing a very good job at following Christ.
The world gets turned off by people who have Christian bumper stickers on their cars, Christian books on their shelves, Christian stations on their radios and TVs, Christian jewellery around their necks, Christian videos for their kids, Christian magazines for their coffee tables, but who do not have the life of Jesus in their bones or love of Jesus in their hearts. What is the answer? ‘Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.’
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