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This is the latest of the articles Pastor Richert writes for the monthly church newsletter.
What Would You Die For?
The assassination of Charlie Kirk has caused all of us as Christians to evaluate how serious our commitment is to serving Christ. Would we be willing to give our life to serve Christ?
Following Charlie’s death, many people have testified how his #1 priority in life was to help people come to know Christ. He went to antagonistic crowds to argue that Christ is the answer to all their problems and their only source of salvation.
Charlie was not some super Christian. He was only serving Christ the way He asks all of us to serve Him. He said, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me” (Luke 9:23).
Christ asks all of us to say NO to our desires and goals for our lives and YES to His. Whatever that requires of us, Christ asks us to be willing to pay it — even giving our lives. Our #1 priority must be to willingly and joyfully do whatever Christ tells us to do.
Simply stated, Christ only asks us to serve Him like He served us. He willingly and joyfully gave up His rights as God to serve us and die for us. We owe everything we are and have to Him — abundant life now and eternal life in the future. Are we committed enough to Christ that we would be willing to die for Him?
