Please Don’t Call Yourself A Christian
1 CommentArticle from an old friend, Travis Davenport. Travis and a team of warriors are starting a new church in Ohio 2010. I look forward to Covenant Church and everything that God is going to do in Grove City. Go get em Covenant!
Recently I saw an article published by Newsweek saying that we are pretty much living in a post Christian era for the United States. The percentage of people that don’t believe in God have doubled since the nineties. Alot of people have been quick to jump on the media, or teachers at schools, or even our new president for this. However the blame cannot fall on these people. The blame does not fall on Hollywood, the blame does not fall on musical artists, in fact the blame doesn’t even fall on the “European Mindset wafting it’s way to America.”
The Blame Is Soely On The Church.
That’s right, the blame is on me and you. In fact, I use the term, “church” loosely. You see, the, “church”, has been so inward focused for so long, that it has forgotten that it was never meant to be about, “us.” It was only ever supposed to be about “Him”. And being about , “Him”, means being about “others”. Being about “Him”, means being about “others” that don’t know “Him” more specifically.
It was never supposed to be about “us”. It makes me sick to think that Jesus came to save “others” from people like “us”. We have become the “us” that Jesus disassociates with. We have become the “us”, that Jesus called white washed tombs, we have become the “us”, that Jesus said did not know “Him”.
I mean, how could we know “Him”, if we are only concerned with ourselves, our preferences, our comfort levels, our money, “our” way of worship. This is why Jesus spent so little time with religious people, they made Him sick. And now more than ever, I feel like the word “Christian” needs to be brutally reclaimed. Here are a couple thoughts:
if you are only concerned with how you were effected by the service on Sunday
DON’T CALL YOURSELF A CHRISTIAN
if you don’t ever share your faith…..ever
DON’T CALL YOURSELF A CHRISTIAN
if you are only concerned with judging people instead of first loving them
DON’T CALL YOURSELF A CHRISTIAN
if you are not investing in the lives of those younger than you
DON’T CALL YOURSELF A CHRISTIAN
if all you do is complain and cause dissension
DON’T CALL YOURSELF A CHRISTIAN
Please understand….I’m not saying you aren’t a christian, I’m just asking you to call yourself something else. You are giving everyone a disgusting taste in their mouth and labeling it biblical. Christ’s church will survive, only through the strength of Jesus shown through an outward focused lifestyle that draws those who are far from “Him”, close to “Him”.
