“You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts” (2 Corinthians 3:3).
“You show that you are a letter from Christ…”
You are the Bible that an unbeliever will read. Before a non-believer ever picks up the Bible to see what it has to say about God’s love and grace, God’s plan for the world and salvation, about how much God loves sinners that he died for sinner…before anyone ever picks up the Bible to read this for themselves, they are reading Christians.
They look at how we treat others. They are watching how Christians speak about people when they are not present. They are watching Christians interacting with the wait staff at a restaurant. They are watching how we treat our homeless neighbors. They are watching how Christians deal with difficult people.
Our behavior and our interactions, for good or bad, impact the way unbelievers think about Jesus.
Because, before they ever read about Jesus in the Bible, they are reading Christians.
So, what do our letters say about Jesus?
Praxis: Faith in Action 