Colossians 3:16 English Standard Version (ESV) Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Doing a search of the 3:16 verses will render a wealth of knowledge in God’s character. Here is one more.

Vine’s includes this comment about admonishing; “The difference between ‘admonish’ and ‘teach’ seems to be that, whereas the former has mainly in view the things that are wrong and call for warning, the latter has to do chiefly with the impartation of positive truth,”

As one who knows the truth, it became my duty to admonish others. I was arrogant. The results was alienation by way of wounds inflicted by me.

I learned that admonishment without wisdom was painful so I prayed for wisdom and received wisdom.

Now I applied wisdom to admonishing others and found myself to be the dissenting opinion in nearly every discussion. They would not yield to truth and it was frustrating. I could not make anyone see the truth.

What I discovered over the years is that while I had head knowledge, I had not taken it to heart. When I discovered how to allow the Word, Christ, to change my heart and overrule my mind, others began to listen in ways that were accepted and welcomed.

It does not matter what we know if we cannot show that Christ dwells richly in our hearts.

In my haste for knowledge I had assumed that the word resided in my head and I was wrong.

Speaking Christ in love is not about giving our opinion. It is listening in our hearts to discover what Christ has to say at any particular moment.

It is often found to be a quiet Word spoken after everyone else has had a chance to speak without being cut off or corrected.

That is where grace shines.

Psalm 14:1 English Standard Version (ESV) The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good.

I believe there are good people in the world who do good things. I will not dispute that. I also believe that what God says here in Psalm 14:1 is true.

Being able to believe two opposing ideas requires us to differentiate between world view and God’s view.

We who have placed our faith in Jesus Christ have the ability to see things from both points of view.

It is when God asks us to stand against world views that we have to find a way to do that which is not how the world acts but in how Jesus Christ acts.

WWJD was very popular for a time and it is not seen as much lately as it was after the phrase “What Who Jesus Do” was coined.

Coined is a very apt description of us that have placed our faith in Christ. A coin carries the impression of the designing authority, whether that be the US mint or Caesar.

Romans 8:29 English Standard Version (ESV) For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Acts 17:29 English Standard Version (ESV) Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.

These two verses work together showing us that the indwelling love of Christ rules over our actions and not in our interpretation of WWJD. It is not what He did for us as much as what He is doing in us that matters.

WIJD, what is Jesus doing? What has Christ impressed on us that is our new image?