Christian Apology

Here lately I have been in a much deeper state of prayer. I desire intimacy with God above life itself and I'm truly making every attempt to acquire His heart for His people. For those of you that know what I'm speaking of it is a blessed curse. The world bows before the power of Love and that same love will cause men to conquer nations against insurmountable odds. Love will also bring with it though, the harsh reality that if it is to be truly expressed toward an individual, it must be done so by allowing that individual to choose whether or not to reciprocate the feeling. Now given the choice of Love or not is a painful game to play. Can you imagine or remember what it felt/feels like when that love isn't shown in return? That is what I feel when I look at people now. Not a frustration or resentment but that empty, screaming, weeping feeling that invokes the most cultured into a primitive mind. Imagine your most precious loved one stripped from your life without reason and that's only a taste of the pain that God feels for those that turn away from Him. We as Christians have to remind ourselves of that continually.....

Here is the reason for this post...

I was once again blog-surfing and came upon an individual, who also posted a comment on this site. He is an atheist/agnostic and I don't suppose to know anything more about him than what information he was offered me. I noticed that in the header of his blog he stated that he had once been a believer and from since has fallen away from the faith. I asked him what was the reason for his lack of belief the gest of it was faulty church doctrine. He was tried of being told that he had to speak in tongues in order to be saved among other things...

The scripture that we need to remind ourselves of, and the basis for this post is
Romans 2:24 "As it is written: "God's name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."

The Apostle Paul is addressing Christians. This struck home for me because it made me realize that the vast majority of people don't believe because it's improbable, they lack belief because we make it impossible. CHRISTIANS are the ones that have watered down a compassionate love for people with church jargon and doctrine instead of loving the unsaved into repentance. Are we really that trivial to believe that any one specific thing is necessary for salvation other than confession and belief that leads to action? We are destroying the very testimony we claim to uphold because we so quickly forget about Christ's love and begin to feel justified in our reasoning of anger or truth. Let's make it clear, ALL CHURCH DOCTRINE IS FLAWED SOMEWHERE!!! No church, pastor, evangelist, etc has any definitive truth other than Christ is Lord. The core essentials are what matters. I personally believe in speaking in tongues although I never have. If someone does not believe in that then fine, I can refer them to a strong Biblically sound church that it doesn't occur at. My concern is that they get some place that they can hear the true Gospel being preached and taught, nothing else.

I apologize from the sincere heart of a Christian to all of those that have been mislead or deceived by those that do things under the auspice of Christianity but are without love.

I am not saying love sin, by no means, love righteousness above all things but don't forget that out of God's righteousness He died for us while we were yet sinners. The only difference between the saved and unsaved is a "Yes". That one "yes" in anyone's life can change their life forever. Christians we need to regain the sincere heart of compassion and weeping. Lament for your world and countrymen that are dying in sin. Weep because it is because of our calloused hearts that many of them are in the state they are now, both living and dead.

Is love so easily taken off that upon you being offended you feel justified to stand up for yourself? Read John 7:7 "The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that what it does is evil. " You want to know why the world can't hate you? BECAUSE IT CAN'T HATE IT'S OWN!!! The world can only hate the Christ in you. Let's not so easily forget what we once were or some of us still are. Paul said that it's because of Christians that God is blasphemed, not due to the unliklihood of Him existing.

On behalf of Christians, I once again apologize to every person that's been told they're condemned to hell by some fool supposing that He was God. I have no authority to judge your final destination. I can only judge between sin and righteousness according to scripture. A person's soul is in the hands of the Lord.

Sorry I had to vent a little but in closing Christians, we need to be sure that we act out of love toward each other and those outside the faith as well. Not in condoning sin but exposing it with the same heart that a father disciplines his little girl with. Stern correction with encouragement following it is the proper recipe. Let's get to it brethren. Exalt the love of Christ so that He can draw all men unto Him.