Friday, January 7, 2011

The Fire of God

If we truly believe what we believe and are not doing anything to work for others salvation how much do we hate them?
Those of us in the Christian walk have been given a commission, to preach the gospel to the ends of the earth. The only reason God doesn't simply take us out of this place upon acceptance of Jesus' sacrifice is so other can accept that same sacrifice. We know the truth, that truth is that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. All are either for God or against God. There is no one righteous, no not one. Without belief in Christ they are going to suffer eternal damnation. If we know that they will suffer eternal torment, if we do nothing it is like having the cure for the most painful cancer and not telling them about it. It is like letting a blind and deaf man get hit by a train.
Christianity can become so simple. Almost a biword or thought in our daily lives. We are Christians, thus we try to live our lives as Christians, doing Christian like things and saying Christian like things that can actually have nothing to do with following Christ. We go throught the actions that may at one time have been genuine but now have lost that genuineness and simply becomes works that we know are the right things to do or say but have little meaning. We like the Ephesians in Revelation we lose our first love. We lose the very objective that we are here, to make disciples.
I'm not going to claim that we all need to be preachers. We do need to all be lights to those arround us. "Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven" (MT 5:16). When Jesus went out he went in power and signs and wonders. He didn't just preach. The primary way we show God's love is my actions not words. However, there comes a point when the love of God must be told, for they will not glorify your Father if they don't know you have one.
Jeremiah 20:9, 'But if I say, "I will not remember Him or speak anymore in His name," Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire shut up in my bones; and I weary of holding it in, and I cannot endure it."
 At this moment this verse describes me as it has many times in the past. But I ussually let it grow me weary rather than speaking it forth because of my own fear. "But perfect love cast out fear" (1 Jn 4:18), and We have "not been given a Spirit of fear; but of love, and of power, and of a sound mind." Even though I am on the mission field I have been lazy. The fire of God has returned however and I do not want to quench it again. If I love them then why do I do nothing knowing I have the ability to carry that which will deliver them from hell.