RSVP – “Your Move”
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February 28, 2008
Receiving this booklet/letter signifies an invitation for you to choose a special path in life, one that will take you outside today’s “Christian” norm and set you apart from the “religious” herd. For, what was once The Way of Christ has been falsely and fraudulently adapted by this generation to fit its conventional, comfortable lifestyle.
Consequently, there now exist couch potato Christians, mainly absorbed in viewing world events, who have not exercised their flabby faith in decades; party hearty Christians whose only deep fulfillment is in getting stuffed at potluck feasts with others of like “intestinal fortitude”; and corporate yes-men Christians who fawningly head bob in church, desperately seeking the approval of their egocentric ministers.
How did following in Christ’s footsteps become just another walk in the park? There is something seriously, wickedly wrong when Christians of this age are having so much fun. The Church has turned into just another type of club, the aim of which is to keep all the members happy. Happy people stay in their seats and, most importantly, pay their dues. This sweet arrangement yields a growth in membership and—yes!—now there is much more fun to be had. As they increase, busy little bees produce more honey for the hive; and so, “the work” of rolling out the good times goes on and on.
What, then, does it cost a person today to be a Christian? Some of his time and a little of his money. Yet, in return he gets all the choice benefits of belonging to an exclusive social group. What kind of sacrifice is that? Such an advantageous trade is not in the least bit worthy of the name Christ. A Christianity which pays makes a travesty of our Savior’s death.
Our society having entered the 21st century, a strange thing has happened to the Church; it also has been simultaneously transformed along the way. Baptized into a radically new system, we cannot be the same kind of people as those who walked this earth in Christ’s time. For, how we live is who we are. Our world is artificial; we are artificial. When we visit a place together for one hour, one day a week, we form a synthetic church for worshipping a “God” that we have fabricated in our own image.
Who is The Lord in our lives? We all are our own lords. Consequently, steeped in aristocratic arrogance, we cannot humble ourselves to work in unity under the true God who directs one—and only one—Church.
Now the ball is in your court. At the very least you should reach for your Bible to try to prove this material wrong. Furthermore, you should write back with the results of your study. Your beliefs should be out in the open; your light a beacon to others. For, only by your witnessing to the truth can you ever become courageous. You will need every ounce of courage as you will undergo an extreme test of your faith because Christ wants to know if you are His true follower or just a church-club member—a phony.
Your only choice is whether you take the test now or later. However, you must realize it will only get increasingly difficult the longer you wait. If you sleep on this, you will be keeping your faith wrapped in mothballs. Then, one day, you will be shocked to find that your R&R time will have run out and you will have to respond physically—with dynamic, heroic faith—to God’s final wake-up call!