A challenged Christian

9 February 2012

Luke 18:7-8 And will not God vindicate his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? I tell you, he will vindicate them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

As  Christian who has faith, a Christian that believes God, it is very difficult to find the balance between tolerance and love. We love our enemy, yet we must still be tolerant of them when they continue in their sinful and hurtful ways against Jesus Christ. Being tolerant, does it mean that we must not confront them, or that we must seek consensus with them? God loves the sinner but hates the sin, In the same way we love those who despise us, and hate their sin against God, there can be no compromise when it comes to sin.

God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that all who believe in Him shall have eternal life. All those who do not accept the Son reject the Father and so deny themselves eternal life. For many Christians the fact that so many reject Jesus is not a major issue for them, simply because they do not want to offend them or for the sake of peace they will simply ignore them. They do not bother us, so we will not bother them. Yet some religions plan to drive Christianity off the face of the earth, to destroy everything that Christianity stands for.

 Many Christians today including leaders are content to compromise their faith in order to maintain a dialogue with the enemy of Christ. In the end we stand or fall through that which we believe. In the end times Jesus said there would be very few left that had faith, may we be one of those.

Be encouraged today to realise that being Christian is not an armchair discussion, but a life changing challenge.

  

David

Point to ponder: Faith requires challenge. 

 

Question to consider Do you still have faith?