I recently saw a comic posted on Facebook about the death of
Christianity in America
That’s the truth people.
Jesus said the road to Him and Life was narrow. He said there would be deceivers in sheep’s
clothing. That evil disguises itself as
light.
Why are we surprised?
Christians, the problem is not with the outside. We already know they are not in the
light. We already know they will not
basis their morality on the Bible.
Why are we surprised?
The problem is with US!
The weak Christians in this nation that sit back. The weak Christians who constantly sin in
their own homes while trying to show a “good Christian” image. We don’t say anything. We don’t do anything. We throw out the Bible when we don’t like
it. We continue in sin when we want
to. We don’t want to read our Bibles
because it takes up too much of OUR time.
We fight amongst ourselves instead of having good debate to strengthen
ourselves with grounding in the Bible.
We allow the TV to bring sin presented on a gilded platter of good
because it’s what everyone else does. We
continue to live how we live because it’s what we are used to, instead of
letting God purify and strengthen our conscience towards what is GOOD.
Why are we surprised?
What have we done to stop any of this? I can’t even go onto Google without seeing
ads of women in underwear. I can’t drive
down the highway without inappropriate ads.
Don’t even get me started on TV commercials. We have exchanged purifying worship for
entertainment on Sundays. We have
exchanged Bible studies for social time.
We have isolated ourselves because we don’t have time to spend with
other Christians in fellowship outside of church for the reason of shyness,
business, or what have you.
Why are we surprised?
Abortion.
Adultery. Remarriage (when previous divorce is not ok or a partner has not died). Porn. “TV shows” that really should be called
porn. Mommy porn. Rejection of men and women roles. Destruction of marriage through divorce for
whatever reason not specified as acceptable in the Bible.
But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. (2 Timothy 3:1-7)
Why are we surprised?
We are a mockery to the world, fellow Christians. We spout morality, but don’t care to hold it
accountable in our own circles. We allow
pastors that have gravely sinned back into their position because of
“forgiveness.” Of course, we don’t kick
them out of the church if they repent, but come on! God set a standard job description for
pastors in the Bible. The pastors
disqualified themselves. We don’t talk
about sin in churches because then people wouldn’t want to come. We wouldn’t be loving. We wouldn’t be welcoming. You can’t come as you are and stay as you
are. Christianity would die. Really?!
Why are we surprised?
Christianity isn’t dying in this world. It’s not outside. It’s the inside. When everything became ok because we just
want more converts. Because we cared
most about the numbers. Because we cared
most about not being challenged. Feeling
bad for our sin. We allowed sinners to
come in and tell us what to believe. We
lost discernment. But most of all we
lost our ministry. When we cared more
about comfort. One foot in church and
the other in the world. When we didn’t
want to deal with tricky theological things because they were hard or, heaven
forbid!, someone didn’t like us afterwards.
God’s judgment will come, whether in this life or the
next. Stop being surprised. Stop thinking the government is going to
somehow not reflect the culture in our country.
Christians, take this a sign of a lack of passion for what God called
you to do. Even if we were passionate
about our ministry to the outside world.
Even if we followed what God said to do, the same direction our country
has taken still might have come about.
Remember, the road is narrow, few enter.
Before the Lord comes back, things will continue on the same path.
And things might seem like they are just getting crazy
worse, but I believe it is just that people are just making it easier and more
readily available to sin. Attacks on
marriage have been around since Old Testament times (concubines and extra wives
anyone?). Killing innocent children have
been around since Jesus’ time (putting children out in the elements to die if
parents don’t want them when they are born).
If you study history, you will see it’s all the same old sin that Jesus
had to confront, just in new or different ways or on a more massive scale.
Take this wake-up call.
The foothold of Christianity and its morality is gone in this
country. There will be persecution, as
there already has been.
Take this wake-up call.
You need to care about your ministry, right in your backyard. We are missionaries, ALL OF US, and all we
have to do is step out the front door.
Go to church. Meet friends. Talk to our own families.
We have been given a job to do in this lifetime on earth by
God, to go and make disciples. Yet we
are like the disciples when they went on the mount to pray before the
delivering of Christ over to be crucified, ASLEEP!
And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (Matthew 26:40-41)
I’m actually starting a new series next week (that has been
planned for a while now) about our own personal ministries. I hope you will join me. Let’s clean out the garbage from our own
lives and direct our lives for the purpose that He gave us.
through His grace alone!
Sarah
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