Using Christ, Missing Christ

Times without number I have heard Christians say, “Most of the Jews didn’t recognize that Jesus was the Messiah because they were looking for a conquering Messiah who would deliver them from the Romans.”

Yet, how many of us are looking for that same type of Messiah? We want Christ to defeat the opposing political party. We want Christ to further our economic policies. We want Christ to exalt our nation above all other nations and to further our foreign policy. We want Christ to destroy our domestic and foreign enemies.

Well then, if that is the kind of Messiah that we are looking for, that we are promoting…perhaps, just perhaps, we are missing the True Messiah in our lives and in our churches.