It's been a pretty interesting week at ACF.
After Pastor called an "audible" on Sunday and decided not to do the outreach sermon he prepared this past Sunday, a lot of people were left confused. On Wednesday Aaron shared more about what was going on and what he was feeling. In our small group, Chase brought up how there is just a lack of a desire to see people saved, and we talked about why that is if it's true at all (and I believe it is absolutely true. I think the answer is simple.
We don't have a burning desire to see people saved because we don't really love them the way we should.
If your best friend is not a Christian and you love them then should there salvation be of great concern to you? Because ultimately no matter what other way you may show your love for them or show that you care for them if you aren't concerned about their soul then the rest doesn't matter. If we want to support them in their relationships and their work and whatever else then why don't we want to help them work out their salvation? Isn't that so much more important? If we really love them then shouldn't we be willing to throw off our own inhibitions and insecurities to help them?
I think one of the biggest problems is in our constitution. Freedom of religion is a trap. It says that it's okay for people to believe and follow whatever they want, but that's absolutely not true. It's not okay for people to turn away from God. It's not okay for us to reject the truth. If you believe that Jesus is the truth than you can't just be satisfied with letting people believe what ever they want. you can't tolerate the practicing of other religions because if you do then you don;t really care about that person. Now I'm not saying we need to make Christianity the only acceptable religion to practice (even though it is) or that we should persecute people who aren't Christians, but we do need to go after people by loving with a reckless abandon.
Because of his grace and for his glory.
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