Doxa to Theo!!

For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners! ( Bible:- Mathew 9:13) As the amour propre of being a Christian grow profound, sometimes we pretend to be righteous to ourselves or to the outside world. Woefully our Lord will leave us unjustified in our ways if we begin to feel the pride of self righteousness and look down of others. ( Luke 18:9-14).  Its high time that, we who feel ourselves been pooping up on our triumphs of Christian lives to look back to the falls of greater desciples like Peter, Saul, David, Solomon etal. and repent back like a child before our saviour (Mathew 18:15)!  At least sometimes in our Christian voyage we would have felt the pride not the accept our hidden or lightenned sins. Sometimes the lights thrown into our darker sides by even our loved ones have tasted bitter.  But, Jesus Christ demonstrates His perfect patience on us if we opt to be like the apostel Paul who acknowledged himselves as the foremost sinner! ( 1 Timothy 1:15-16) As the era of  commu

  Truly I tell you, with no one in Israel I have found this Faith! ( Mathew 8:10) Interestingly Jesus was replying this not to his beloved desciple or the people who heard his sermon of mountain, but to a centurion of Israel, who came to Jesus with the appeal to heal his servant . We can symbolise this centurion to the modern day Police officer or business man or a team leader or a political leader. Atleast fo r some desciples who claim to be always accompanying Jesus, this centurion might not be as acceptable as a believer or a man with faith, since he does not follow Jesus, where you expect him to . But, even if the outside world does not appreciate your faith since you may not seem to be present in the gatherings  where other disciples expect your presence, your personal faith,Christian disciplines and deep devotion in Lord are the most valued credits before Jesus.  It remind me the words of Jesus' beloved desciple John :- "Teacher,” said John, “we saw someone driving out