Christ’s Open Letter

“All can see that you are a letter from Christ.”* (2 Corinthians 3:3)WNT The Christian is Christ’s “open letter.” His life is a message from Christ to the world. His daily walk is a genuine letter from the Savior of men. The Christian life is written by the same Hand that wrote the New Testament, and they read just alike. If you profess to be a Christian, be sure your daily life is the handwriting of Jesus. Your life in your home amid its trials and provocations should read like God’s Word. It is very confusing and discouraging to others if your life and the New Testament read differently.

The purpose of a letter is to convey the thoughts and mind of the writer. The Christian is that kind of letter. Men come to know the thoughts of God by reading the Christian’s life. He shows Christ’s patience in his patience. His life is not his life, but Christ’s life in his life. The life of a saint is a letter in which the world can read Christ’s gentleness, kindness, humility, sobriety, calmness, sympathy, love, holiness, separateness from the world, and hatred of sin. Do not think this standard is too high. If you will take time to pray and seek after this life with determined effort, leaning hard on Christ’s helpful arm, it will surprise you what a wonderful and beautiful letter you can become—what a beautiful life!