Pastor Dave Miller was unhappy with a Christmas program he attended because, even though it was Jesus-centered, there wasn’t enough of that good ol’ Baptist death-wish theology.
You can talk about Jesus all day, but if you don’t face your sin through the blood of Christ, if you don’t acknowledge Christ as Lord over every area of life, if you don’t die to self to live to Christ and his purposes in you, then all the Jesus talk in the world is just empty and meaningless.
I sat through a wonderful concert tonight, one that was filled with Jesus Christ, but empty of a Savior who is Christ the Lord.
Note that: “If you don’t die to self …”. Your aim should be the total annihilation of your self-interest and self-direction, because your self is no damn good; you must strive to become an aimless mote of dust, blown hither and yon according to His will.
Bah.