In response to RevLurch's question about whether or not the church is just a little slow in dealing with things like racial prejudice and such. He asked if we are not just a little behind the curve?

Behind the curve?

Yes. We just seem to gravitate to that which is familiar and comfortable. Jesus said "go"...we say, "Ya'll come."

The church should be militant evangelists and fishers of "men" not keepers of the aquarium. We should confront our culture with the truth of the gospel, not accommodate every whim and fancy.

We should lead the way in tearing down every wall that divides us, not building walls to separate.

We should recognize no other King than Jesus, know no other Kingdom than God's, and be each one committed to our lives being lived to the glory of God alone.

We should be committed to being movers and shakers not slumbering in the shadow of polls and popularity.

We should be leaders of "men" not followers of fads.

We should see ourselves as spokesmen to humanity on the brink of doom, filled with dread for the coming Day of the Lord's judgment, and speak as dying prophets to dying people.

We should be consumed with a passion for the lost, and a devotion to the redeemed.

We should be fearless, restless, and dissatisfied with every achievement...always looking forward and never satisfied with any slight victory of yesterday.

We should never have our noses in the air but our faces buried in the earth in abject prayer and supplication.

We should see ourselves as destitute, desperate, and needy...with a razor sharp awareness that if it is not God we will fail.

We should never allow ourselves to attempt the explainable but stretch out in the deep waters, the roaring winds and waves, our only hope in Christ.

We should be vulnerable, weak, and trusting...ready to bear the weight of sorrow for broken people.

We should be...as Christ.

As Romans eight says,
Rom 8:19 All creation is eagerly waiting for God to reveal who his children are.
20 Creation was subjected to frustration but not by its own choice. The one who subjected it to frustration did so in the hope
21 that it would also be set free from slavery to decay in order to share the glorious freedom that the children of God will have.
22 We know that all creation has been groaning with the pains of childbirth up to the present time. (God's Word Translation)

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