On
this week’s reflection, we watched a movie about how Constantine became a great
Roman emperor, on how he came to be the most powerful and influential person of
his time, and on how he gained the trust of others and made Christianity to be
the most known religion during his reign.
It all started at the moment he believed in the God of
the Christians to be the only true God. It is very nice to see how God works in his life, how his faith was
tested and built up, and how God used
him to expand His kingdom here on earth. But, as I listened carefully to the
lines or script of the actors like Lactantius who is a Christian and adviser of
Constantine, I somewhat disagree to what he said to Constantine when he
encouraged him to pursue his faith in God. It’s because, Lactantius made
Constantine to look at the power that he would gain when he would fully believe
to be the chosen one of God to rule the Roman empire. It’s somewhat like,
Constantine just believed in God for the sake of power and not anymore to the
living God who is the creator of everything.
That’s why I think, as a believer and messenger of God’s
word like Lactantius, I need to be careful of every word that will come out of
my mouth especially in leading a person to Jesus Christ for salvation. That I
will not make up stories or statements for the sake of a person to believe in
Christ. That in bringing a person to salvation, I really have to say what they
must believe and what they should do – to have faith in Jesus Christ.
