The Christ Path: A Path of Impact

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me"

I have not been called to join a church or be validated by the formality of an organized sect. God, the Eternal Father in Heaven communes with me. His spirit lives in me always. Father has called me and invigorates me through the Spirit. I and the Father are one. And so are each of you.

"He hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor."

Our Father is the God of Compassion. The poor are numerous and their poverty is not only a want of bread, but a poverty of spirit. Yet theirs is the kingdom of Heaven. The gospel is a living practice of the life of compassion, concern, kindness and advocacy on behalf of the poor. I am not called to get the poor to join churches, but to love the poor as I myself love the Father.

"He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted."

Those who mourn will be comforted. The meek will inherit the earth. He hath not sent me to say 'Be of good cheer, say your prayers, and God will bless you.' He hath not sent me to say 'Take upon yourself my name and declare that I am your redeemer and all will go well with you.' He hath sent me to cheer the brokenhearted with my own strength and spirit, pray for the brokenhearted as I pray for my own brokenheartedness. He hath sent me to bring the brokenhearted into my own circle of prayer and bless them by deed more than word.

"To preach deliverance to the captives."

Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness will be filled. The merciful will be shown mercy. He hath sent me to teach the captives about their freedom and to work with them to attain freedom. He hath sent me to place less value on my own riches and comfort and a greater worth on acts of goodness for the sake of goodness. He hath not called me to stand in a church, speak from a book, condemn from the pulpit and retire to my mansion.

"And recovering sight to the blind"

He hath not called me to say, 'Lo, come to my chapel and be saved,' but to send me out of my chapel and into the darkness with a light of compassion and action. Where there is blindness, I come to teach vision, a life led by the Spirit, and knowledge of the God of Compassion. I come to urge repentance to wholeness in an absence of blind guilt, sorrow and a sense of condemnation at the hands of those who deem themselves righteous rather than upright.

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