Blessed be Your Name!

      Paul says, “No one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, ‘Jesus be cursed’.” (1 Cor.12:3) Do you get tired of hearing the Name of Jesus Christ trampled in the dirt like that? No one ever does that with Allah or Buddha or Confucius. I can only believe that Satan doesn’t care about these other names.

      I sometimes think that if an alien landed in Burlington and heard the name of Jesus, even in blasphemy, he would wonder, “Who is this Jesus?”; and he would inquire until he found out. Except for that curse, he might never hear the Name.

      And so is fulfilled (by ways we would never choose), the apostle Paul’s blessing, “What does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached.” (Phil.1:15-18).