Did you get your passports yet?
The interesting thing about the passport problems is that we are a society that waits until the last minute, globally, in every culture probably. Now I'm not saying the government has no fault in the matter but in the same the individual has fault also. There was warning but people still waited thinking that I had plenty of time based upon the normal processing times.
Does it sound familiar to other things in life? I have time. What have you put off? For me, I can remember waiting until the last moment in school to do projects or reports and then feeling overwhelmed and somewhat stressed. But who's fault is it? I knew about the deadlines but chose to wait until the last minute. Salvation is the same way. How many people say later because they think there is time. Sadly, just as many people were unable to go on vacations this year, think of how many have died and went to hell without knowing Christ this year.
Sometimes maybe we should have some blame for this. How much time do we spend telling people about Christ? How much time to we spend exibiting Christ in our lives? Simply telling about Salvation by the way, is NOT enough nor all. We are very quick to run off on a mission trip but how quick are we to talk to our neighbours?
Sadly in these days, just as in New Testament times, we are seeing arise of "feel gooders" and their churches. Some call it apostasy and I would have some agreement there. God just wants us to feel good about ourselves....does He? Why yes but that does not mean we should when our lives are full of SIN. Sin, a word that has been watered down along with it's opposite which has become an equal, TRUTH. The truth is that our sin has caused this deception and lack of truth running rampant. Why? Because we put off today what we can do but we don't even do it the next day. We have gotten away from the truth and now the devil is using it as a tool to confuse and lie but sadly he is using other Christians to do this in these type of churches.
Why am I on a rampage? Because Tishomingo County, Mississippi, where For Thee One Ministries is located, is right in the middle of one of these possible churches coming. There is talk of one of these churches being built in Iuka. You can follow this churches beginnings to the other side of the state. What is this? It is a spiritual war to come but God has given us everything we need to combat this sickness. Prayer and the ability to tell others the truth of God. Sin is evil and bares heavy consequences...death. The Christian life is not easy and is not always a bag of smiles......it is hard, very hard. But the Comforter gives us everything we need to make it..etc.
One of our biggest problems has been the "bring them to church complex". We have been raised to think that bringing them to church is enough. This is where they will meet Christ. Yes true but no. They should meet Christ in us and we should be telling them. It is not the job of the pastor or a church building to share Christ. It is the responsibility of every individual who has ever called upon the name of Christ and received Him as Saviour. But don't stop at Salvation. Salvation is only the beginning of a life with Christ. Your testimony should not just be, "God saved me when I was little". Our testimonies should tell of the power and glory of Christ and what He has done in our lives. What storm has He carried you through? What miracle has He worked in your life? They are here and every day. When Josue and I were in the mountains, the accelerator cable broke as we were going up the mountain. By grace through Christ, there was enough momentum to pull off into a landing that was right there. Do you think this was by chance? Maybe it was the hand of an almighty God. Tell someone about the real Christ today.