Today is Friday, September 1st, 2006; Karen's Korner #880

A writing from Shirley Choat:
 
Whosoever will come after me, let him take up his cross, and follow Me. Mark 8:34
 
  There are two kinds of Christians:  believers and disciples. All disciples are believers, but not all believers are disciples. The great majority of believers today seem to be interested only in receiving salvation, while few have caught the vision of taking up their cross daily and following Him in complete dedication.
 
  At the judgment seat of Christ, some believers shall be saved "as by fire" 1 Corinthians 3:15; that is, "by the skin of their teeth"; while others will have an abundant entrance into the kingdom and will be rewarded on the basis of their service.
 
  Are you a disciple, a faithful servant, or only a believer who shall meet the Master empty-handed?
 
  Not at death I shrink or falter,
for my Savior saves me now;
But to meet Him empty-handed,
thoughts of that now cloud by brow.

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