To
the casual observer, it seems like Christianity is on the decline.
Those attending church are of the older crowd, with many churches
comprised mostly of retirees. Using simply statistics it would
appear that Christianity is in danger of extinction. Face it, with so
many choices for entertainment, why not do what is the easiest for
you and just attend the “church of your choice”? The thing is:
Christianity is NOT about entertainment or “feeling good”, but
rather about hearing what God has to say and doing our very best to
comply with HIS WISHES. For
those of us who read our Bibles, the following passage will be a
familiar one…
2
Timothy 4 ( World English
Bible )
2Ti 4:1, I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus
Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and
his Kingdom:
2Ti 4:2, preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season;
reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.
2Ti 4:3, For the time will come when they will not listen to the
sound doctrine, but, having itching ears, will heap up for themselves
teachers after their own lusts;
2Ti 4:4, and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn
aside to fables.
God’s
truth needs to be proclaimed, no matter how many people are willing
to listen. If Americans will not listen, those in other countries
will. Over the years, many churches have been planted in South
America and Africa. Are the souls there any less important than those
in the U.S.A.?
While
God loves us ALL, God will use whomever HE wishes. If only a few
precious souls are saved, who is to say whether or not some of those
will inwardly be Elijah’s or John the Baptist’s? God does not do
his work by statistics and play games with numbers. He does work with
people who genuinely love HIM. Learn to listen to what God has said
and do it, no matter how many others around you will not. Remember,
God is saving the whole world by just one man, who unreservedly
obeyed HIM. Perhaps you or I will be willing to do the same? Really
willing?