WordLive - Year OneSample

Prepare: Who is your favourite Bible character (apart from Jesus!)? Why? What good examples of a contemporary Christian can you think of? More than Moses The story of Moses is well known. Chosen to lead God’s people from slavery in Egypt to freedom in the Promised Land, he is a great hero of the Jewish faith, remembered every year at the time of Passover. Significant as he is, readers’ attention is again drawn to the fact that Jesus is more so. Moses played an important part in the salvation of God’s people, but Jesus himself is the means of salvation for all people. As it’s expressed, Moses was a servant in God’s house and Jesus is the Son over God’s house. Representing Jesus Our part in this is to honour Jesus. If we are his house (and we are), then all that we do should give him honour. Paul writes of us as being God’s workmanship, created to do good works (Ephesians 2:10), and Peter talks of us as living stones built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood that declares God’s praises (1 Peter 2:4–10). We represent Jesus to and in the world, telling people who he is and what he’s like by who we are and what we’re like. Sadly, it’s not surprising that sometimes people get the wrong idea. Respond: Give thanks for those you know whose lives encourage you in faith, and pray that your life will show Jesus to others. http://www.wordlive.org/Session/Classic/2012-02-24