Tonight we continued our series on what we need in order to be a hero. Tonight we discussed the need to have good solid character. Character is moral or ethical traits that makes up a person or group of people. Why is having good character so necessary to being a hero? In Luke 6:43-45 Jesus gives an example of a tree. He says that a good tree produces good fruit but that a bad tree can only produce bad fruit. If you have bad character you can't produce goodness (heroic actions) and if you have good character you can't help but produce goodness. Where does that character of goodness come from? (hint: not from yourself) First we have to have an intial clean up by the Holy Spirit. Next we have to see who Jesus is and what he acts like and then mimick those things. Finally we have to make repeated good decisions, which are often difficult to do. In Luke 6:46-49 Jesus goes on to an example of building a house on sand or a soild rock, one will crumble and the other will stand firm even itn eh worst of stomrs. A man or woman of good character has a foundation of Christlikeness (the rock, not the sand) that they have build their life and decisions upon. A man or woman of good character builds thier choices off that foundation. A man or woman of good character isn't good just inwardly, but outwardly too. Finally a man or woman of good character stands firm even when the decisions are difficult to make. Are you willing ot start making the difficult decions when confronted with choices? Are you ready to be a hero by developing good character in your life?
I give tonight: C+
Favorite moment: Josh Fender being discribed as a person of bad character.
