As Christians, we need to live according to the God that we serve - not conformed to the world's standards - we are to conduct our lives in righteousness and true holiness; if we would just do this - "shine" as righteous children of God in the midst of our sinful world - the gospel would be half-preached without us saying a word.
Yet, as my friend Sarah notices, most "Christians" are merely living by the world's standards, sullying the holy name of our Lord Jesus by their selfish actions, and refusal to live a life like the one they say they believe in.
True Christians, STAND UP!!! If we don't stand up, we will surely perish in the judgement, for it will begin at the house of God.
EVERYONE who is a true Christian ought to be unmistakeable because of their total committal to God and those around them... if people have to say "I always suspected that you were a Christian..." then you have failed as a Christian - everyone that knows us on a level beyond "Hi, I'm Andrew" should be able to say "I knew you were a Christian - it came out in everything you did."
LET'S GO CHANGE THE WORLD!!!!!! this is no ideal that we can try for, but never reach...this is the whole point of Christians being on this planet. God has commanded it, God has supplied everything we need, all that is lacking is OUR CHOICE TO GO DO IT!!
YOU, the Christian reading these posts, need to do this. If you want to just hang back and stay where you don't have to get out of your "comfort zone" -- FIND ANOTHER RELIGION, because to serve the Living and True God takes more than Sundays and Tuesday nights. Christianity means that your entire heart, soul, mind, and strength are devoted to God, and that the people you meet are just as important as you are. There is no room for selfishness with God - it is all or nothing; this doesn't mean that we cannot have a good time, it simply means that GOD IS MOST IMPORTANT.
I repeat - LET'S GO CHANGE THE WORLD!!! We will not regret any moment spent in the service of God and our fellow man.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
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Great post, Andrew! You're absolutely right, we do have the obligation to live and die for Christ, there is absolutely no reason to be a closet Christian.
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