Wednesday, July 31, 2013


Whats going on?!?

1 Thessalonians 5:6 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
“…so then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober.”
 

Satan is no fool. The full on assault of the Christian faith will not be effective. He knows that and as such will not really attempt it. But, what he does know is that by slowly eroding the liberties, by making the practice of the faith something that is frowned upon, he can impact the whole belief system. 
Little by little the idea of being a Follower of Christ is chipped at, attacked from the side, that before you know it – the Body of Christ has been relegated to a “hate group” and will be forced to either deny the faith or die for the faith…

Here are some instances found on the web, I verified these statements to ensure that they are legitimate.
 

Christian faith coming under attack in the military including:

Commanders barred from disclosing any programs that are tied to the Chaplaincy or any programs involving religion.

 
The Air Force banning the word ‘God’ from an Air force patch logo – even though the reference had no religious connotation.

 
A Navy directive that banned Bibles at Walter Reed Hospital.

 
An Army Reserve training program that listed Evangelical Christians and Catholics as examples of religious extremism.
 

An Army email that listed prominent Christian ministries like the Family Research Council and American Family Association as “domestic hate groups.”

 

I personally have been told, when offering the invocation at a county council meeting that I could not say, mention or elude to the name of Christ or any other religious figure found in the bible. To whit – I closed my prayer – “…in Christ name I pray…” I wasn’t invited back. BUT – neither were several other local clergy when they too refused to abide by the request.

However, in other organizations (non-religious) – I was asked to pray, given no restrictions, prayed “in Jesus name” and was invited back multiple times. Not every institution is so bent on wiping the protestant religion out of the picture.

The issue still exists though, that Christianity is being slowly pushed to the side, and at this rate will be outlawed in the future.  That may sound like an alarmist… but the above statements from the military alarm me. You say it wont happen…but it will, not because the government or other groups force it… BUT WE ALLOW IT.

I cannot fault non-christens for eroding the liberties, the freedom of speech and religion, from the national scene, after all they are not believers, the behave and live as such… who I do struggle with is US!

Is it the fault of those who slowly erode those things or those who do nothing about it?

I believe that GOD has an expectation of us as Followers of Christ – to stand up and stop the slow erosion of faith.

In Acts 26:16 (NASB)
“But get up and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you;”
 

So – BELIEVER – Stand up – get on your feet – find your voice… every Follower of Christ is commissioned a minister, a witness of Jesus Christ. 

We cannot blame the world for behaving like, making decisions like, the world. We who may sit silent are very possibly the culprit of allowing the deChristianing of our society.

Yes, it will make you look radical. Yes, it will make you look strange to the rest of society…

Jesus himself warned us – John 15:19

“If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.”


I would rather be hated for standing for Christ than loved for standing for nothing…

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