Re: Jesus is your Master, not your friend
Praise God for bringing this up. It's so important for false Christians to realize that Jesus is not your copilot.
He is the pilot and you are in the back of the bus like Rosa Parks should have stayed.
Philippians 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
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Re: Jesus is your Master, not your friend
Reverend, I don't find it believable that anyone could buy or sell a toy like that with anything but malice for Jesus and His humble followers in their heart. It is a blatant exploitation of the irony that one living thing would freely choose to devote its existence to the worship of another. And I don't find it funny in the slightest.
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Jesus is your Master, not your friend
The "Buddy Christ" picture is popular on the Internet these days.
Even available as an action figure:
This gives the impression to many nominal Christians that Jesus is supposed to be their pal, their confidante, their . . . buddy.
What does Jesus say about the matter?
Not, "Come to me all that labour, and I will set you free from slavery." Just "exchange your current Master for Me."Matthew 11:28-30
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Do friends put yokes on one another? Of course not! (Didymus, please refrain from posting your Clown Bondage Porn links, OK?)
As all True Christians™ know, we are slaves to Jesus. The Bible even says so:
An upcoming book by Dr. John MacArthur is definitely on my to read list in 2011. It’s called Slave: The Hidden Truth About Your Identity in Christ, and in it Dr. MacArthur deals with how the Greek word doulos has often been translated as "servant" when it is actually only used to mean “slave.” With that understanding how should that impact how we see our relationship with Christ and what that means to our everyday lives?
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