Thursday, October 11, 2007

Don't Blame Secularism

Many Christians are under the conviction that secularism is the greatest enemy of faith and society. Secularism is often blamed for the downfall of moral values in society as well as many other cultural ailments. As a result Christians spend a great deal of time and effort protesting and fighting against the secular culture.
But there is a far greater danger lurking within the Christian communities of this nation. It is not surprising that this problem has been overlooked and overshadowed by the great culture war. Yet if the problem continues to go unheeded then it will bring our nation under a stress that will make secularism look like a therapeutic back rub.
The truth of the matter is that many of today’s Christian churches are not Commandment keeping churches. They claim to hold Scripture as the sole authority in things pertaining to God but they neglect God’s holy law. How can they say Scripture is an authority then overlook the authority of God? Is not sin the transgression of God’s law? Are not many churches in violation of God’s commandments and therefore sinning in the eyes of God? What will be the consequences of such violation? If our nation is indeed a Christian nation and the majority of Christian churches are not commandment keeping churches what does this mean for the future of our nation? God will not bring judgment upon our nation for the actions of the secular culture but rather for the actions within the Christian culture which reject the statutes of God and do not keep His commandments. When the judgments of God come upon our nation they will come upon His professed people first. How many loyal commandment keeping Christian communities will He find?

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