...to weakly go where every man has gone before!

To the Church:

Where did we lose track of Christ? When did He become a hum-drum, ho-hum case of doldrums? When did we decide that we were more important than our Cornerstone? We are dull, both in luminescence and in sharpness. We are growing weak in every way. How can salt regain its taste if it loses its saltiness? Do people hide a city on a hill? It can't be done, can it?

But we are snuffing what light we have in local bodies of believers; we put our lamps undercover instead of putting it on a stand; we're ashamed of the Gospel or we've become so desensitized that it no longer has effect. The world's eyes are still on the Church and on our forebears, the nation of Israel! What do you think that they think?

How about you? Are you really a part of the Body of Christ or a feel-good postmodernist, unwilling to take a stand for the truth, unwilling to admit that none of us are worthy of our Creator but for the blood sacrifice of Christ? Are you unwilling to tell people that they have to submit their lives to Christ to be saved and gain heaven? Are you a person who lives truly in submission to Christ, or are you one who loves to subvert Him to your desires? Before you answer, think about these questions:

1) What do you spend your time thinking about each day?
2) What do you spend your time doing each day?

If your answers to these questions are consistent with each other, good, you're being honest.

Now, if your answers to these questions are consistent with each other and focused on Christ, then you're probably on the right track.

However, if your answers to these questions are consistent with each other and focused on you and/or your interests, concerns, well-being, then I encourage you to reconsider where you stand with Christ. He said that anyone who wants to come after Him must deny himself, pick up one's cross, and follow Him.

Final question:

Does your faith cost you anything, or do you believe a soft thing that lets you stay comfy where you're at--is it actually a journey of discipline and dying to yourself or a journey of emotional highs?

Faith, Hope, and Love,

Christ-bearer