“If anyone is ashamed of me and my message in these adulterous and sinful days, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.” (Mark 8:38, NLT)
Jesus illustrates for us the principal that the relationships that we value in this life are the relationships that we shall inherit in eternity. In other words: If we are ashamed of Him and all that He stands for here in “time”; we shall forfeit Him for all of “eternity” because He will be ashamed of us then as we are ashamed of Him now.
The Christian disciple’s challenge in these “adulterous and sinful days” is to be faithful to Jesus and to His message in all that we say, and in all that we do.
This means that we love our enemies — all of them. This means that we seek reconciliation — always. This means that we pray for those who abuse us. This means that we live each day as if Jesus were returning before the end of it. – Luther
Daily Encouragement 