It is no surprise that if you look around there is something wrong with this world. Whether you believe it's little things like people telling lies, or people being murdered everywhere. There is something broken in this world...
I have become frustrated with church corporately in the fact that we seem to not address the reason this world is so screwed up; the reason is that we are all sinners. If you put a bunch of sinners together in a room, sin happens. Maybe that's why the non-Christians view Christians as such hypocrites. The truth is that we are all in need of the saving grace of Jesus.
The book of Romans says that no one seeks after God. No one is righteous. So this should explain what is so wrong with the world we live in. The sad part is not the fact that there are lost people out among Christians, it's that Christians could care less that their neighbors are going straight to hell! I mean honestly, if you are a Christian, when is the last time you talked to someone about Christ? And hey, I am speaking about myself as well...I fall WAY short all the time. It's almost like we are afraid to...huh?
How can we be afraid to tell people about the life-changing, chain-breaking, redeeming Savior Jesus? "What's the worst that could happen?" As my father always puts it? They won't listen;they won't accept. In the end, that's God's sovereign power that we must press into. If God wants to save someone, He will. We must plant the seed, God will make it grow (cf Matt. 13).
MAN UP and talk about JESUS! Use the word of God to allow Him to change the community around you. It is possible! Christianity started as a small movement that influenced the community around it. Now it is a huge, impotent one...what are YOU going to do about it??
1 comment:
Great honesty, great passion and great relevance. Now if only we would listen. Oh, we hear--we know--but we do nothing. Sad for sure. Keep leading, keep us aware and help us be willing.
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