“I have also called you by your name; I have given you a title of honor though you have not known Me. I am the LORD, and there is no other; Besides Me there is no God. I will gird you, though you have not known Me; that men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun that there is no one besides Me. I am the LORD, and there is no other. The One forming light and creating darkness, causing well-being and creating evil; I am the LORD who does all these. Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the clouds pour down righteousness; Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit, and righteousness spring up with it. I, the LORD, have created it.” (Isaiah 45:4-9)
It appears to me that Christianity is in danger of becoming an enterprise whose activity, organized work, and people are called upon to grow and become like any other big successful company. Christians are trained in churches and seminaries to become a part of the enterprise. Its product is salvation, it price is the tithe of time and money, and its employee benefits include eternal bliss in heaven and escape from eternal torture in hell.
God has no such enterprise in my opinion. His business is to create, educate and save mankind…making us into His image. He needs no help, he asks for none, and His end result will be accomplished. What Christianity needs is a change of attitude. Instead of thinking it is the Church who is called to accomplish God’s purpose, it needs to simply JOIN HIM and rejoice and share the good news that He WILL complete His purpose because He is GOD.
King Manasseh "caused his sons to pass through the fire in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom; he practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists…Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel" (2 Chronicles 33:6-9)
Surely this sorry excuse for a King will not end up saved, but will dwell eternally in the hell of Christianity…right? Well no, actually he was saved after his captivity by the Babylonians by the same Gracious and Merciful God who has promised to save all mankind. By the GRACE of God all mankind will be saved, and become aware of their salvation when they are given Faith to believe Him and trust Him.
“For by Grace are you saved through Faith, and that not of yourselves, it is a gift of God…” (Ephesians 2:8-10)
It appears to me that Christianity is in danger of becoming an enterprise whose activity, organized work, and people are called upon to grow and become like any other big successful company. Christians are trained in churches and seminaries to become a part of the enterprise. Its product is salvation, it price is the tithe of time and money, and its employee benefits include eternal bliss in heaven and escape from eternal torture in hell.
God has no such enterprise in my opinion. His business is to create, educate and save mankind…making us into His image. He needs no help, he asks for none, and His end result will be accomplished. What Christianity needs is a change of attitude. Instead of thinking it is the Church who is called to accomplish God’s purpose, it needs to simply JOIN HIM and rejoice and share the good news that He WILL complete His purpose because He is GOD.
King Manasseh "caused his sons to pass through the fire in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom; he practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists…Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel" (2 Chronicles 33:6-9)
Surely this sorry excuse for a King will not end up saved, but will dwell eternally in the hell of Christianity…right? Well no, actually he was saved after his captivity by the Babylonians by the same Gracious and Merciful God who has promised to save all mankind. By the GRACE of God all mankind will be saved, and become aware of their salvation when they are given Faith to believe Him and trust Him.
“For by Grace are you saved through Faith, and that not of yourselves, it is a gift of God…” (Ephesians 2:8-10)