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In the eyes of the world, Jesus was a fool. He did not abide by the rules of the day; the people he associated with were shunned by society; his Sermon on the Mount reads like a primer on being left behind, stepped on and ignored.

Being a ‘Christian’ is not some magical process by which we are automatically transformed into better people. We must train to become who God wants us to be. We are sinful, faulted beings. Our system fi les are corrupted and we need to reset our systems to the defaults that Christ has demonstrated for us.

It begins with the reshaping of our minds ‒ how we think ‒ what we believe ‒ what we know to be true, and then beginning to live out that truth in practical ways in our daily lives.

Mahatma Gandhi (talking to Christian missionaries about their faith) once said: “Don’t just talk about it. The rose doesn’t have to propagate its perfume. It just gives forth and people are drawn to it. Don’t talk about it. Live it. And people will come to see the source of your power.”

Key Passage: Matthew 5: 1-16

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