What does it mean to be with Jesus? What are the implications of Jesus’s compassion?
Eric’s Story: 9th grade at Rincon HS Physical Science class. There were mostly other students who were not headed to college in this class. Sam had stolen the workbook answer key. He offered it to me, but I declined. A couple of days later, the teacher found out someone had stolen the answer key and asked who had done it. Eric (full of wisdom) raised his hand and told the whole class that Sam had taken it. Sam was smaller and couldn't beat me up. Keep in mind that Rincon HS was a violent school in the mid-80s…my senior year, I was in the locker room and my friend was buying drugs from Sam. Sam said he didn’t trust me; my friend told me “he’s with me; he’s ok.” Notice what my friend said: HE IS WITH ME: his reputation is my reputation. This is what it means to be with Jesus.
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