Jesus was a Dude

Yeah, I went to a Christian school the other day at spoke to their student body. As I was leaving they told me to never come back. I didn't understand. At the end of my talk I challenged the students to get on their face before God and pray. There were about 60 kids that came up to the front of the Chapel and prayed. Some were praying for themselves, and some were praying with each other. It seemed like an awesome moment in time, where the student body came together. But the Headmaster didn't want me to come back.

You want to know the reason, right? Well, I sat down in the Headmaster's office shortly after my speaking engagement, and he told me what he didn't like. During my talk I referred to Jesus as a dude. What?!?!?! I couldn't believe myself. j/k The Headmaster thought that I was demeaning Jesus by calling him a dude. He thought I was disrespecting Him.

Here is my point of view. Growing up, I always looked to Jesus as this untouchable, unreachable, so perfect that He would never be able to relate to me kind of person. And He isn't. God made Jesus so that God could show mankind that God, the ultimate authority, could also be fully man. Jesus came to Earth so he would be able to relate to the normal person. Therefore, Jesus was a dude. By referring to Jesus as a dude I believe the high school student can understand that Jesus is more like them than they think.

Sacrifice

Why is it so hard to sacrifice? Jesus gave us everything, and I am still not willing to sacrifice. I don't want to sacrifice my friends, my popularity, the things I love, my money, my status, anything. I don't understand it. Jesus saved me from death, and I want to be selfish. If someone stepped in front of bullet for you wouldn't you do anything for them? Wouldn't you go through all costs to let people know you love and appreciate the guy who died for you? Of course you would. But when it comes to Jesus, we accept what He did for us and then that's it.
We worry if we tithe then we won't have enough money to pay bills.
We don't sacrifice.
We worry about losing friends.
We don't sacrifice.
We worry about being a Jesus freak.
We don't sacrifice.

Maybe sacrifice looks something like this:

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Was Jesus Crazy?

Was Jesus Crazy? He had to be, right? How could He go around, claim that He was God, do some illusions to make it look like He healed people, walk on water, and all of that other crazy stuff, if He wasn't crazy? But here is the weird thing. Jesus had 12 guys that were pretty much with Him the whole time. These 12 men saw Jesus do miracles, and heard Jesus claim He was God. They were by His side wherever He went for the three years Jesus did ministry.

After Jesus died these 12 guys continued to spread the story about Jesus. 11 of them were killed for spreading this news. If something wasn't right, if Jesus was crazy and really didn't do miracles and stuff, why did the 11 guys die for Jesus? If Jesus was a fake, or if He was crazy, these 12 guys would have figured it out. Either all 13 of them were crazy lunatics, or Jesus was the real deal. Which one is it? Knowing that your leader was a liar, would you get stoned and killed for passing on the story about Jesus? Of course not.

Jesus wasn't liar, and Jesus wasn't crazy.

Jesus Likes R&B/ Rap Music

Tomorrow morning I am going to Pine Mountain Middle School's FCA huddle. What are you going there for, you may ask? I am going to lead a Holy Hip Hop service. I am going to rap, beat box, dance, and throw in some spoken word. Rap has become such a negative thing, and I am trying to show students that rap can be used for good. I can be uplifting. And if the artist is praising and lifting up Jesus Christ, Jesus will like it too. Therefore, Jesus like rap music.