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Autobot or Decepticon

published Jul 14, 2006 12:00

http://www.633main.com/dev252.htm Autobot or Decepticon? 2 Corinthians 5:10 - For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Some people have the idea that because I do a Christian Internet Radio show that I think I am some choir boy who does no wrong. And I hate this perception, but I want to assure you I am no different than any person sitting in the pew. Last time I checked, I have not been translated, God has not sent a Porsche of Fire to scoop me up and take me heaven. I'm a sinner, just like you. But in all my dealings with God, I have my foot planted firm in this belief, Be Good and Don't Be Evil. When Google became an IPO they changed their company motto to: Don't Be Evil. If there is only one message you take away from Christianity it should be this motto. I'm not perfect, but there is a lifestyle that I get from Jesus Christ that I try to emulate. Sometimes I fail, like we all do, but whenever I try my best to be a good honest person in all my dealings, every situation 100% of the time works out for the best. Just this week, one of my largest customers made some accusations against me and became just flat out disrespectful. It was hard, but I immediately began to ask the Lord to help me not go jihad on him. And I asked myself, do I wanna be the good guy or do I wanna be the bad guy. I chose to be the good guy, and after this guy flipped on me, I patiently and kindly proved my point, and saved my contract with him. However, if I responded like my flesh wanted to, we both would have cancelled the contract out of anger. Now I grew up as a child of the '80s and one of my favorite cartoons was the Transformers. Let me refresh your memory on the Transformers. There are two types of Transformers- the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, robots with the ability to transform themselves into vehicles and weapons. Their planet was destroyed and they came to Earth and their ship crashed deep underground. Four million years later, an eruption brings the ship to the surface. Automatic systems repair the robots, altering their transformation ability to mimic Earth machines. Then war began, some macheines emerged as Autobots and some emerged as evil Decepticons, who sought to enslave humanity and drain the world of its energy. Today, the challenge for you is this. Will you be good or evil? Will you be Autobot or Decpticon? I'm a firm believer that Good always wins. It make look bleek for a moment, but in the end Good always wins. Always! And the prayer today is that we will choose the path of the Autobot instead of the Decpepticon. That we will choose to be Good.

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