Thursday, August 30, 2012

Is the Church relevant?

When I take a look at the Church of Jesus Christ in this day and hour I have to wonder if she is truly relevant to the culture we live in today.  It seems that so many people believe that the Church doesn't have anything to offer and what she does offer does not stand out to where people are being drawn to her.  The world and the people in it are looking for authentic Christians.  People who are committed to Christ and are willing to live as if He truly is alive.  Yet in many churches God appears to be dead and nothing more than a ritualistic form of worship to appease those who consciences demand something to soothe it.  The Church needs to get back to Bible basics which is the reading and preaching the word of God, prayer and real heartfelt worship.  Don't try to appease men for what you believe they want to hear and see but present Christ as whom He really is a living Savior who wants to interact with men and changes their destinies.  After all  I am convinced that when Christ is lifted up and exalted for who He truly is men will want to know Him.  Church let us focus on Him and move beyond trying to please everyone.  For God has called us to be a lover of Him and not of this world.  Let us come out from amongst it and let our light shine in the darkness so that hope may be presented to a dying world in need of His saving grace.