As a Christian living in the Western world can cloud your mind as consumerism and social imagery is pressed upon your mind each day. Sometimes it is hard to tell what is reality and fiction. Television presents us with created imagery that looks so real. Standards are constantly challenged on this medium and more so on the Internet. As people lives become more en-groused in Technology the boundaries are being blurred.
To be a devoted Christian comes with many challenges. The west has had it easy as we have not have much persecution from the secular world or the authorities. In the west I believe the time is coming when as a Christian there will times when just saying just are a Christian, a child of the light or a follower of Jesus will get killed. The rise of Islam is where most of this persecution will come from and the rest will be from Government authorities. People might think I am an alarmist, but just look at history. Governments and groups have risen to persecute the church of the Christ before and they will do it again. The Roman Empire tried to silence Christian by forming the Catholic church, silencing and controlling believer, yet the faithful still continued even under threat of death if they went against Rome. Islam has tired to wipe out Christians. It I am not talking about a religious organisation when I mean silencing and persecuting, they can be shutdown. People can still meet in house and in other areas. The ones who will persecuted are the ones who Believe Jesus is the Messiah who died for our sins and who believe in the authority and power of the Bible and publicly declaring it.
So my questions to all you Christians out there or more rightly so children of the light and sons and daughter of the most high God are you ready to be persecuted for your faith? The Global system is falling into place and the clock is counting down. Its time for the Church of God to rise and preach the Gospel, in season or out of season. The Devil Lucifer does not want anyone to be saved and keep Christians locked up in day to day living. Let’s rise up and helped open the eyes of many people so that Jesus sacrificed will not be in vain and there spirit and soul will be saved.
Its time to get out there now. Tougher times are ahead. Lets preach the Gospel. Being a Christian is not about religion is about a relationship with our creator and salvation from our sins and separation from God. Jesus died to cleanse us and bring back to communion with God. Its not about ritual. Rituals and man made religious practice will not save anyone, only Jesus sacrifice is enough. Lets preach the Good News before we are silenced.
Then when Jesus returns to take us into his kingdom He will say ‘well done good and faith servant’.
Rise up Church, Rise up.