Sometimes I run across something that’s too good not to pass on. Carolyn Moore writing for the Wesleyan Covenant Association (now becoming the new Global Methodist Church) wrote about knowing THE Jesus. She opened this way:

Years ago, my life got radically changed by a very brief exchange with a man in a low-income apartment complex in downtown Augusta, Georgia. We were there to host a worship service and meal among residents. We hadn’t expected much of a crowd but that night more than 100 people showed up. After sharing food, conversation, and worship together, there was a sense that God was ready to do a new thing in that room. The atmosphere was thick with expectation, so I gave an invitation for anyone who was ready, to come to Jesus. Many renewed their faith, and six or eight people stood up for Jesus that night.

Afterwards, an older man came to me and said, “I stood up tonight because I thought I knew Jesus, but I was wrong. I realized that I know A Jesus, but I don’t know THE Jesus. And now I have to rethink everything.” – Carolyn Moore, October Prayer Points

She went on to say:

As we contend for the historic Christian faith, this is our ultimate hope. It is that anyone walking into a Global Methodist Church might encounter not just any version of Jesus that feels comfortable and accessible, but the radical, Spirit-giving, heart-dwelling, life-changing Jesus who leads us into the heart of God.

Her prayer points included:

• Pray that every pastor who serves the Global Methodist Church would have a life-altering encounter with THE Jesus. (Romans 1:9)
• Pray for God’s mercy and intervention over pastors who are preaching a form of Christianity but not the power of it. (2 Timothy 3:5)

I recommend the article in its entirety.

Tomorrow, we’ll see what Paul says to Titus about people living in such a way that others would come to know THE Jesus. In the meantime, we have this warning:

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed. (Galatians 1.6 – 9, ESV)