TOO OFTEN Christians are ‘invisible’
in the UK.
They’re somewhere out there or they’re hiding in churches; they’re having a coffee morning, a jumble sale, or a prayer meeting. Somewhere. Maybe.
But Jesus said Christians should let their light shine before men – or, as one modern Bible version puts it, ‘God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill.’ (‘The Message’)
Sometimes the modern Jesus army are greeted with the chant “Barmy Army”! It’s usually in (fairly) good humour and we don’t mind, if it means we’re being noticed. The first Christians were accused of being ‘out of their minds’ or ‘drunk on too much wine’, so we’re in good company.
Actually, we are madly in love with a God who has demonstrated such great love for us: sending His Son to die for us, giving us His Spirit to live in us. So we’re happy to be ‘mad for God’.
And the modern Jesus army is a people’s
army, an army of ‘allsorts’, with all kinds of people in its ranks. Young and old. Black, white, brown, yellow. Fat and thin, tall and short. Some have PhDs, some were kicked out of school – but all are equal. And every mJa soldier burns with passion to share the amazing love of God with other people everywhere.
As a result, the movement is growing.
The life-changing message of our attractive, passionate, awesome, loving God is drawing many people to nail their colours to the mast, to join the revolution.
Like other revolutionary groups, the
modern Jesus army has a manifesto. Here’s an extract:
The modern Jesus army brings the Christian gospel to the searchers in today’s spiritual culture...
The modern Jesus army will go anywhere
to help men and women in need through addiction, degradation or unfortunate circumstances...
The modern Jesus army offers friendship, without discrimination and prejudice, and identifies with all people groups, meeting them in UK cities and towns and showing the love and life of Jesus.
It’s a cause worth fighting for: come and join us.
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