Such a Time as This...

Okay, either you are, or you aren't. You are on one side of the fence or the other. No more riding the wave to see where it goes. There is no grey area when it comes to being a born again believer. There are a lot of churches out there preaching some dangerous stuff. One being that the word of God is NOT inerrant. Meaning, it was written with some errors, some stuff is wrong. Wow, how ignorant, no, flat out stupid is that? When we open ourselves up to thinking that God's Word is not absolutely, positively perfect in every possible way, then the point of being a born again believer is moot. No reality for it exists. That is scary. God tells us that His Word is God breathed and inspired. He also tells us in Revelation 19 that we are not to add to it, nor take away from it. That just took several religions out of the running for preaching and teaching accurately. If the Word of God isn't right, then why are we worshiping a King that may or may not have existed, that may or may not have died, been buried and rose again? It's pointless, right? Wrong! Wrong, wrong, wrong. Wrong. The Bible is historical books, for the most part written soley about the true and Living God. (A couple are secular, which, duh, points to the fact even more that the Bible is true...why would the canonizers add in historically accurate books if they might disprove the other books??) But I'm not here to argue why the Bible is perfect, I hope you trust me when I tell you it is.

So, if the Bible is completely accurate, there is no falsehoods in it...why aren't people believing it...living it....knowing it....teaching it? There are so many people that are wishy washy Born again Believers today. So the buck stops here. Either you know Christ and are living the life or you don't. Yeah, there are backsliders and there are those living out of the will of God. They can still be born again believers, just not on track, not savoring and loving the relationship they have with Christ. But know that the Holy Spirit is always there, bringing a sweet conviction that only He can. I am tired of hearing televangelists and preachers talking about living a good life and we'll all be all right. That's a load of junk, promise. Why won't preachers talk about salvation? Why are we so scared to tell people that the alternative to Heaven is Hell? Are we afraid we'll scare them off? Mordecai told Esther in Esther 4 that she was brought there (to Persia, as Queen to King Xerxes) for "such a time as this". It's now or never folks. We are not guaranteed tomorrow, heck, we aren't even guaranteed this afternoon or tonight or 15 minutes from now.
It's such a simple process. I actually heard a preacher mock the Romans road to salvation last week. He said it's antiquated and outdated. Here's the thing though...it's RIGHT! We are all sinners...while we were yet sinners Jesus died for US...Jesus is the Son of God...and if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, you will be saved. It's so simple, but we try to make it so hard. We try to put so much effort into things we shouldn't when what we should be doing is leading people to Christ. At a church meeting the other night we discussed the fact that in order to witness to someone we have to form a relationship with them...people are suspicious of people and ideas they don't know about. That's very true...and often very effective, but we also cannot discount the fact that some people come to us searching...and we can never assume people in our congregations aren't searching..we have to offer them the chance...cause they aren't promised tomorrow either.

Is what I'm saying harsh...maybe. Some people need to know the harsh reality, some need to be taught in a different way. No silly anecdotes today, no funny stories. I'm fired up. I want to see souls won. I want to see God's kingdom grow. I want to see people discipled and loved and grown in God. I want to be a part of that. We as born again believers were brought here for such a time as this. No other time in the history of this world has God been less worshiped or loved...this is our chance to stand in the gap for the lost and to be the shining light God intended and desired for us to be. With me?