Yesterday I’d quoted from First Corinthians 3:8 (NIV) where the Bible says that each believer “will be rewarded according to his own labor.” Not only are there rewards in heaven, but there are rewards here, too. Such as? The more we share Jesus, the more we combat evil. And OUR lack of effort – and that’s YOU and ME and others like us – in expanding the Kingdom deserves a good bit of the credit for the spread of evil in this world.
Are you aware that the first ever Blasphemy Day was celebrated this year on September 30, 2009? Atheists gathered together and “unbaptized” people with hair dryers; and pledged oaths renouncing the existence of God the Father, God the Son and the Holy Spirit, stating, “I am not afraid…” to say these things.
The new schism in the atheist movement should make you want to witness like never before. While the older atheist regimen takes the stand of “Let us believe nothing exists and we’ll let you believe something does;” the new regimen has publicly encouraged the ridicule and even far more frightening attacks against Christianity, stating that Christianity is “dangerous” and “threatening.” And I’m only giving you the tip of the iceberg.
If we aren’t solid in our stand FOR Jesus, there are plenty of people ready to remove our faith from the U.S. and the world. But if Jesus is in our hearts, can they really remove Him? No. But, my dear brothers and sisters, if He’s in our hearts, He’s going to be on our lips. And if He’s on our lips, He’s going to be in our actions. God forbid that we sit back focused on paying the bills, having more play time and acquiring more stuff while the privilege of worshiping our Lord and Savior is taken away from us.
Let’s not wait until we have to meet in clandestine places to talk about Jesus. Let’s not sit back and allow our faith and our God to be blasphemed. What should we do? Attack the atheists with insults? No. We should pray for them. And we should live being Jesus to all around us.
We can’t change the world, but Jesus can. However, His hands are tied when ours won’t do our jobs; because we are the ones who have been “entrusted with the very words of God” (Romans 3:2, NIV). If we don’t tell, they won’t know; and we won’t make a difference. Let me personalize that: if I don’t tell, they won’t know, and I won’t make a difference. If YOU don’t tell, they won’t know, and YOU won’t make a difference.
“In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.” (Blaise Pascal)
“You are the light of the world” (Jesus speaking, Matthew 5:14, NIV). It’s pretty plain folks: if you’re not Light, you’re shadow.
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