Stand up and be counted for Jesus Christ

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• Stand up and be counted for Jesus Christ
• Stand up and be counted for Jesus Christ

Have you ever seriously asked yourself if your life is counting for Christ? In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus instructs us to let our lights shine before men that we might “glorify the Father.”

Peter instructs us to “show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.”

It is past time for those who love the Lord to stand up and be counted for Jesus Christ. Joshua of old stood up when he said, “As for me and my house we will serve the Lord.” Yet do we in this present day and time, an era when people are ridiculing Christianity, have the conviction and determination that Joshua had?

Are we willing to stand up and be counted among the people of God? Christians must stand up, take sides and have convictions against the forces of evil, hatred and corruption that exist in our modern world. There is an old saying, “if you do not stand for something, you will fall for anything.” That statement is truer now than at any other time in our history.

It is time for us to let others know that we are living for Jesus.

We must live the Christian life seven days a week. We must be Christian in our home, with our family, at school and on our job. We must be Christlike in our thoughts, our conversation and our attitude. We must stand up and be counted for Christ.

It’s something to think about.